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Volume 29, Number 1 - JANUARY, 1975 ; Our 331st Issue
CAPTAIN G.W. GALLAGHER, U^S.N.
The Editor regrets to announce the death, on January 7, of G.W, Gallagher, AVA #568,
of Bremerton, Washington. An active member for eleven years, *'GW" was an avid col-
lector of just about everything. He delighted in the search, and in the buying and
selling of collectibles not for the profit of it, but just for the fun of it. A man
of impeccable dignity, he still had a fabulous sense of humor, and a way about him
that made us all love the guy. He served in tlie U.S. Navy for 32 years, rising to
the rank of Captain before his retirement. He attended, and held degrees from Harvard
University, Boston University, and Ohio State University. Following retirement from
the Navy he served as Comptroller for the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard at Bremerton,
and two years ago was elected City Treasurer of the City of Bremerton. He was active
in everything because he loved people, and his life was a long service to his country
and to his neighbors. If there were more people like "GW” around, this would be a
much nicer v/orld to live in. We're going to miss him poignantly.
January 30, at midnight. Sometimes we just hit the bottom of the barrel and run
out of publishable articles, and thus it v/as this month. So we come to you with an
issue consisting of long lists of things, including a supplement to the car wash cat-
alogue. I promised not to run car wash supplements unless you all out there had neg-
lected to send me enough otherwise to publish on transportation tokens. So help us
out and \/rite something for our next issue. Meanwhile I do have a couple good, but
short, articles for next month that just arrived today. I also have two pages of rare
token photographs for next raonth. Also, together with this (January) issue we are
sending you the Index to the 1974 issues of THE FARE BOX.
If you have an address change, it is imperative that you send it directly to the
Editor. It isn’t enough to send it to the Treasurer or Secretary. If you want your
copies of THE FARE BOX to go to the new address, send it to Boston, please.
Dan DiMichael, AVA Past President, writes that he has been under the weather for
some time, but promises to answer all mail shortly.
J.H. Roy, in response to my plea a couple months back, reports he sent $1.50 +
SAE to the Lakewood Transit in Tacoma, and lo and behold, they sent him WA 880 N & O,
so apparently it does v7ork sometimes!
Alan Weighell vnrites that Canadian postoffice delivery up there has been very slow
lately, and he advises everyone to be sure to use the Canadian zip codes if possible.
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By Ralph Freiberg
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CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles 450 (Reported by Lazear Israel)
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT
RTD (LOGO) EXTRACAR RTD (LOGO) [on bus]
P o We 38 Sd Wooden Nickel Untied States of America (buffalo) $0.30
(Along with other promotion ideaS/ this wooden nickel was also good for
' fare on new bus routes which started on April 15, 1973, and was good
until May 15. Used for first zone fare on Lines 139 s 143, and also
on Line 144 which went to downtox^n Los Angeles.]
NORTH CAROLINA
Chapel Hill 150 (Reported by New Issues Service)
"PAT" CHAPEL HILL COURTESY TOKEN
A Bz 23 Bar Good For One Bus Fare - One Hour Parking Chapel Hill
(* 11/1/74) .25
(PAT = Parking, Attendant Parking, Transportation]
VIRGIN ISLANDS
Miscellaneous
Pr 38 Sd
B Pg 38 Sd
Pb 38 Sd
1000 (Reported by New Issues Service)
BLUE BEARDS TAXI TEL; 774-4854 CHARLOTTE AMALIE (ST. THOMAS)
U. S.V.I. (parentheses on token]
Good For 10<? on a Taxi Ride (taxicab; white Itrs) (*12/31/74) .15
V. I. TAXI ASSN. TEL; 774-4550 CIIARLOTTE AMALIE (ST. THOMAS)
U.S.V.I. (parentheses on token]
Good For 10<r on a Taxi Ride (taxicab; white Itrs) (* 12/31/74) .15
MUGGINS TAXI TEL; 773-0138 CHRISTIANSTED (ST. CROIX)
U.S.V.I. [parentheses on token]
Good For 25<= on a Taxi Ride (white letters) (* 12/31/74) .25
CANADA - BRITISH COLUMBIA
Miscellaneous
We 38 Sd
B Pr 38 Sd
1000 (Reported [B] by N.I.S. - [A] relisted from March 65 FB)
GOOD FOR 5<> AT SMITHERS TAXI 24 HOUR SERVICE RADIO CONTROLLED
CARS SMITHERS, B.C. 847-2424 U.S.A.
Wooden Nickel (Indian head)
POUR SEASONS CABS, LTD. TEL; 763-5000 KELOWNA B.C.
Good For 10<: on a Taxi Ride (taxicab; white Itrs) (* 1974)
.15
.15
ONTARIO
Toronto 900 (Reported by Alan T.C. Weighell)
(OBVERSE SAME AS 900 C]
F A 17 Sd Toronto Transit Commission TTC (in emblem) (3 maple leaves)
(* 1974) .30
CORRECTIONS ;
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= NOTES BY RALPH FREIBERG =
A couple years back we mentioned the Los Angeles wooden nickel and that it had
been used as part of a promotion. Now we learn that it was actually good for a first
zone fare on new bus lines that were started on April 15, 1973, The fare at that time
was 30<? for the first zone, but in 1974 the fare v/as cut to 25 ^ for the first zone.
These wooden items were mailed in letters to people with a flyer stating their use.
As one of the lines operated into downtown Los Angeles we list the token frcxa there.
The offer was good for one month. A couple of years ago Steve Lipshie distributed
some of these, so we don't know who has then and who does not. So N.I.S. will not
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distribute them. However, Steve Lipshie has plenty of them, and any collector who
wants one may get it from Steve for 25<^ plus stamped envelope, and any profits from
the sale will go towards expenses of the 1975 A.V.A. Convention at L,A, Steve has a
new address since the roster was printed. Address him now at 5270% Bellingham Ave, -
North Hollywood, CA 91607.
We are listing a token from Chapel Hill, NC, which is a combination token good
for either a bus ride or parking. A fev; years back a 5<? charge was sufficient for
some parking lots for an hour's parking, but v/ith prices going up, one hour's parking
costs as much as a bus ride nov;. On November 1, 1974, these tokens were sold to var-
ious merchants, who give them out to their customers who then have the option of using
them for a bus ride, which is worth 25<^, or for parking, which is also worth 25<?.
It is possible that eventually the tokens will also be sold to the public. The bus
line is a new service which began operations August 1, 1974. Chapel Hill, of course,
is the site of the University of North Carolina.
Among some of the Miscellaneous taxi token listings this month are three from
the U.S. Virgin Islands, our first listings from this territory. These will not be
sent to any that don't want the miscellaneous tokens. But the N.I.S, does have a few
extras so long as the supply lasts.
In the March 1965 Fare Box we listed a wooden nickel, and then forgot to include
it in the Atwood III Catalogue, so we are listing it now, along with a plastic token.
We also have another token to list from Toronto. As in many cases their supply
of tokens was running down and they had to order more. The 900 C was made in 1963 and
listed in the June 1963 Fare Box. At that time Mr. Nicolosi was told that the tokens
were made of "Anaconda Yellow Cartridge Brass (formbrite) " and made of 70% copper and
30% zinc composition. An effort was made in this last order to get a different metal
but they could not obtain what they wanted and settled for aluminum, 500,000 were made
by Sherri tt Gordon Mint of Ft. Saskatchewan, Alberta. I don't know who made the tokens
in 1963 but the die used on the last one is slightly different, though with same words.
Speaking of different companies making tokens, a couple years back we were get-
ting some tokens made by the Franklin Mint, but these seem to have dropped off. At
the time of listing the Largo, FL 460 tokens, we did not know at the time that the A
tokens were made by Meyer & Wen the, and the B by Franklin Mint. However, since list-
ing, additional orders have been made by Meyer Si Wenthe, so you will be able to find
die varieties if you look close enough.
I've also seen ads for a Mount Everest Mint of Willow Grove, PA, and for a Roger
Williams Mint of 400 Charles St., Providence, RI, but so far don't know if they've
made any of our listed tokens.
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= JANUAI^y ISSUES SERVICE REPORT =
Bij John G. nicolosi
First this month we are sending xjou the 3 lOOO^series tokens from Virgin Islands,
and also one from Kelowna, B.C., Canada, Some have written me nasty remarks about
these taxi tokens. If you don^t want them just say so. J can really do without the
sarcasm.
The other token you will receive is IIC 150 A, good for a bus ride or in newly re-
worked parking meters in the downtown area, or they can be exchanged for one-hour ^ s
parking at attended parking lots.
Regarding the set of 3 Netherlands as offered by Mr. Bingen (Sept. 74 Fare Box)
there were not enough orders. We needed 25 and didn't get 25. Too bad as they are
beautiful tokens. So the money of those who did order them has been refunded.
Thank you for all the very nice Christmas cards sent me.
This month we advance Capt. D. Drell, N.R. Mack from waiting list to Associate
status, and Doug Redies, Bob Kuhach, and R. Moyer, from Associate to Regular status.
Finally, I have just received Ontario 900 F, thanks to A. Weighell, and these
also will be sent to you.
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= JANUARY SUPPLEMENT TO THE CATALOGUE OF WORLD TRANSPORTATION TOKENS =
By Kenneth E. Smith
SOUTH AI'tERICA (countries of origin unknown)
F.C.U. de L. (lA in center)
998a o V 26 Sd Vale Por un Pasaje (lA in center) (red)
F.C.U, de L. (2A, in center with numbers)
998b o V 26 Sd Vale Por un Pasaje (2A. in center ) (black)
(Only one 998 A reported so far, by Elwin Leslie, apparently only one
998 B, first reported as discovered in Seattle then sold to a Bay Area
collector and now in Don Mazeau’s collection.)
DENMARK (Reported bji J. Som^d as recent new issues)
Fredericia 250
FREDERICIA OMIBUSSER (CITY ARMS)
A WM 23 Sd Fredericia Omnibusser (statue) .25
B Wtvl 19 Sd " .25
C B 19 Sd " .25
Randers 720
RAITOERS BYOMIBUSSER 197^
E B 19 E-sc (same as obverse) ,25
GERMANY (Renorted by G, Fritz)
Celle 200
C ELLER STRASSENBAHN 10
C o A Oc Sd (crest)(21mm) 1.00
Eisenach!: add to 305 B that the Oc token is (l9mm)
Freiberg 336
FREIBERGER STRASSENBAHN 15
F o Z Oc Sd 15 (21mm) 1,00
Gorlitz 350
ELEKTRISCHE STRASSENBAHN GORLITZ (STREETCAR)
G o B 2I+ Sd Fahrmarke 1.00
Marburg 550
STRASSENBAHN DER STADT I^IARBURG (STREETCAR)
E o Z 19 Tr-sc Gultig Fur Eine Fahrt (flash of lightning) 1.00
Miihlheim 670
MOLLEM OP DE RUHREN I918 (SHIELD) 1972 (2Uxl9mm)
YAo B Ov Sd 15 Pfennig Strassenbahn Fahrgeld ,50
YBo B Ov Sd " ( silverplated) .50
(Above are commemorative issues like 670 A but with "1972" added)
Zittau 890
S.S.Z, (for "Stadtische Strassenbahn Zittau")
C o B 23 Sd (same as obverse) 1.00
D o B Tr Sd " (23x16. Umm) 1.00
E o B Hx Sd " (22nm) 1.00
F o B Sq Sd " (l9mm) 1.00
G o B Ov Sd " (23xl8mm) 1.00
Remember when you report new discoveries^ in addition to giving the exact wording and
spelling and punctuation^ to send rubbings or photographs. This is essential to in-
sure accurate listings. Please keep the listings coming!
KENNETH E. SMITH _ 328 AVENUE F - REDONDO BEACH j CA 90277
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= SUPPLEMENT #6 TO FEISEL'S CATALOGUE OF PARKING TOKENS =
by Duane H, Feisel
ILLINOIS
Chicago 3150 (Reported by? CM-Bob Knobiock) CN-BATSj CO-DHF;
CP: Knob lock)
BRYN MAWR APT, HOTEL (GATE)
CM Bz 25 Sd Parcoa Token (gate) (rev, G, I) {1970- ] $0,25
PEERLESS FEDERAL SAVINGS (GATE)
CN Bz 25 Sd Parcoa Token 3 (gate) »25
PEERLESS FEDERAL CHICAGO
CO Bz 25 Sd Parcoa Token (gate) (rev, G) »25
WOLKE'S FREE PARKING WHILE SHOPPING
CP Bz 25 Sd (same as obverse) *25
INDIANA
Muhcie " 3660 (Reported by Jack R. Smith)
IN AND OUT PARKING TERMINAL INC. MUNCIE, IND.
B o B 23 Sd Good For Parking [early 1940' s] 5,00
(10^ AND 25<: REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN USED ALSO]
MICHIGAN
East Lansing 3265 (Reported by Roice V, Rider)
M.S.U. VETERINARY MEDICINE
B B 22 Sd Good Only In Parking Meters [fall 1973- ] ,25
[MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY]
Grayling 3380 (Reported by John Nicolosi)
CHIEF SHOPPENHAGON HOTEL GRAYLING, MICHIGAN (INDIAN)
A A 16 Ch (blank) (black printed letters, gold colored
surface) .15
MISSISSIPPI
Hattiesburg 3360 (Reported by DHF)
HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI DOWNTOWN HATTIESBURG
PARKING TOKEN
A
B
22
Sd Good For Parking Only This Token Has No Cash
Value Downtown Hattiesburg Parking Token
,15
Meridian
3620 (A relisted, B reported by William L,
F, G. RILEY / MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Carr, Sr.)
A
B
22
Sd (same as obverse) [8/3/73- ]
F. G. RILEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL /
.25
B
B
22
Sd (same as obverse)
.25
MISSOURI
St. IiOu'is 3910 (Reported by DHF)
DE PAUL HOSPITAL PARKING
P B 25 Sd South Side Lot .25*
NEWJTORK
Sohehe'ctady 3830 (Reported by non-member)
H. S. BARNEY CO, SCHENECTADY (GATE)
B o Bz 25 Sd Parcoa Token (gate) (rev. A) [circa 1956] 1,00
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NORTH CAROLINA
cKapeTllTn TlSO (Reported by TTNIS)
"PAT” CHAPEL HILL COURTESY TOKEN
B Bz 23 Bar Good For One Bus Fare One Hour Parking Chapel
Hill [11/1/74- ] $0.25
[PAT=PARKING ^ ATTENDANT PARKING t TRANSPORTATION]
OHIO
Cincinnati 3165 (Reported by Lou Crawford, Jr.)
COMM. CHEST BLDG.
O WM 26 Sd (blank) [circa 1969- ] ,25
SOUTH CAROLINA
Coiuinbi'a ' '3'3lO (Reported by Joe Studebaker)
SECURITY FEDERAL SAVINGS
D Pg 31 Sd 1 Hour Free Parking At Parkrite ,25
TENNESSEE
Clarksville 3135 (Reported by Charles W. Patterson)
DOWNTOWN PARK AND SHOP CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE
A B 22 Sd Good Only In Parking Meters [1967- ] ,15
(Rj Top of IN aligns ...•)
a, (just even with P--just even with S)
b, (upright of P--just even with S)
c, (P— S)
WISCONSIN
Beloit Jo 70 (Reported by DHF)
ELLIS THEATER (GATE)
B o Bz 25 Sd Beloit Wisconsin (gate) 5.00
Milwaukee 3510 (All reported by Knoblock)
AW
B
25
Sd
G.L.C, [GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH]
(blank) [1/73- ]
,25
AX
B
22
Sd
JEWISH COMMUNITY
Parking Token
COMPLEX OF MILWAUKEE
,35
AY
B
25
Sd
JEWISH COMMUNITY
STRUCTURE
Parking Token
COMPLEX OF MILWAUKEE PARKING
.50
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS
II. 3150 'Al«: — ad'd (rev.' S)
TX 3810 Ct add (rev, B)
= PARKING TOKEN NOTES BY DUANE H. FEISEL =
The major holiday season is past, and now most of us can again
turn our attention back to tokens— I know that for me tokens had to
take a vacation of several weeks! The imrrediate future for parking
token news looks great as I now have a number of inquiries outstanding,
and I am expecting a number of n6w reports soon. The next few months
should see a wealth of new parking token listings!
Residents of the Bryn Mawr Apartments in Chicago can purchase
tokens at a special rate in quantity, A supply of this token has
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been ordered for PTNIS, but I have no idea of what to expect in the
way of reverse die varieties.
The new listings for Peerless Fedex'al Savings include a new
Parcoa reverse; however, this new reverse is not being accorded
any special designation as I think it should be a one “time -use.
No one knows how the "3" got onto the reverse in the field under the
parking gate arm, but it is suspected that the die~sinker picked
up a piece of die steel that had been started for another die, or
that had been set aside because the 3 had been sunk in error. In
any event, the occurrence of the 3 on the die is an error.
The Wolke's token is another in the series for the company
which was formerly Wolke and Kotler, the Kotler being the father
of our AVA member Yosef Sa'ar (formerly Joe Kotler),
There is an interesting story behind the new listing for Muncie,
and that will be written up for the next issue of THE FARE BOX,
The Small Animal Veterinary Clinic, located on the campus of
Michigan State University, has associated with it a special metered
parking lot. The tokens are given to certain visitors to provide
two hours parking time.
The Grayling token is one of those specially imprinted Golden
Circle parking meter tokens, A supply of these has been received,
but the quantity falls just short of the total needed for PTNIS.
Thus, a few of the more recent PTNIS subscribers will not be getting
this token.
Merchants in Hattiesburg give out tokens to customers who make
a purchase meeting a certain minimum amount, I got a couple of the
tokens by writing to the Downtown Redevelopment Association; zip
cope is 39401, Send a dime and a SAE.
Apparently at least two different batches of tokens were
obtained by the F* G, Riley Memorial Hospital, and there is a
different arrangement of the wording on the tokens. The listing
for the A token, originally appearing in 7/74, is repeated now with
the slash marks, denoting line divisions, included.
Only 200 pieces of the new St, Louis listing were made, so the
hospital does not want to part with any of them. The tokens are
used by employees to gain entrance to a gate- control led lot which
otherwise requires a cash payment.
Nothing is known about the Schenectady listing except I have been
able to learn that the H, S, Barney Company is now out of business;
however, I do not even know in what sort of business they were
involved. I suspect this token will be an elusive one, but perhaps
someone in the Schenectady area will be able to track down a supply,
A real combination token is that from Chapel Hill, This token
is also a transportation token, and both T.TNIS and PTNIS members will
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receive it. The town sells tokens to various participating merchants
who, in turn, issue them to customers for a minimum purchase. The
recipient may use the token for an hour's parking in the epcoially
built downtovni street meters, for an hour's parki^'a ^t an attendant
lot, or for payment of fare on the municipally owned buses. It is
refreshing to deal with an organization such as the Town of Chapel
Hill which was willing to provide information about use of the tokens
and to sell a supply for PTNIS,
Visitors to the Coiranunity Chest Building in Cincinnati are
given tokens to provide exit from the gate-controlled lot which opens
only with a token. There was a problem of parking space being taken
by people working at nearby businesses,
I have no information about use of the token at Security Federal,
but I got one by writing them at P.O. Box 11629, zip 29211, My
money was also returned^ so I got the token ftee, but I suggest that
you send 25<: along with the SAE if you try writing.
It took a number of letters to get any information at all from
Clarksville, The tokens are distributed in the usual merchants'
parking validation plan— a token with a certain minimum purchase.
No supply for PTNIS, but try writing the City Treasurer, zip 37040;
10<: and a SAE would be appropriate, I believe.
The Ellis Theater token is one that has been rumored for years,
practically from the time that anyone started collecting parking
tokens. To the best of my recollection, someone learned that a
token had been used at one time, but none were ever located until
now, and then just a single piece. Undoubtedly it will remain a
rarity as collectors have tried to locate this token in Beloit
many years ago.
The Grace Lutheran Church has made a special arrangement with
a hospital having a gate-controlled parking lot located near the
church. Church members and guests use two tokens for exit from the
lot in place of two quarters, A supply of this token has been
ordered for PTNIS members ,
The smaller of the two Jewish Community Complex tokens is
used for surface parking, while the larger, and more expensive,
token is for underground parking. Although the tokens could not
be obtained for PTNIS, I feel sure that $1 plus a SAE will get the
pair of tokens if you write to Mr. R, C. Johnson, operations
director, at 1400 No. Prospect Ave., zip 53202,
Another item reported to me is as follows:
CHICAGO TITLE
B 22 Sd (blank)
This has every appearance of being a parking token, but so far; the
specific attribution has not been made, Chicago Title & Trust Co. ,
if that is the organization responsible for the token, has several
offices in Chicago and surrounding areas. My inquiries to each of
these offices has not produced any positive results. Hopefully,
a collector from the Chicago area will be able to help us,
it * * * *
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= FIRST SUPPLEMENT TO THE CATALOGUE OF CAR WASH TOKENS =
By Harold V. Ford
CALIFORNIA
Petaluma 645 (Nicolosi)
FASTl'/AY WASH 42] PETALUMA BLVD SO. PETALUMA, CALIF.
A B 23 Sd
COLORADO
(b 1 ank )Ci ncuse black lettering on obverse]
$0.25
Del ta
240
(McKienzie & Nicolosi)
"STAY IN YOUR CAR" CONOCO KWIKI (WHIRLAVfAY SYMBOL) 504 AUTOMATIC
CAR WASH 12th AND MAIN DELTA, COLORADO
A Wr
38 Sd
Five V'/ooden Nickels 254 h Wash or Free Prestone Wax
,25
Denver
260
(Reid ling)
WEST JEWELL CAR WASH
F Bz
26 Sd
Meter-All Dallas Texas C^sed at 5420 West Jewell]
.25
Pueblo
760
(Schmal & Super)
GOOD FOR 254 ON WASH JOB CLIFF BRICE
C We 39 Sd
ILLINOIS
'Wooden Nickel (Indian head )[!, 000 issued in 1974]
.25
Downers Grove 225 (McKlenzie & Nicolosi)
GOOD F0R-5-MINUTES AT DOWNERS SOFSPRA 1543 OGDEN AVENUE
DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS
A o WM 27 Sd
(Sof spra)
1 .50
McHenry 552
K Super )
COIN CAR WASH CENTER McHENRY
A o B 23 Sd
Good For 254 in Trade
1 .00
[This issue was too light In weight to register In the coin meters, so was
not official ly used.]
MARYLAND
Glen Burnie 550 (Super)
KWIK KAR KARE 901 S. CRAIN H'WAY GLEN BURNIE, MARYLAND (INCUSE)
C B 24 Sd (blank) ,25
MICHIGAN
Essexville 290 (Super)
ESSEX TEXACO
D o Pg Oc Sd Good For One Car Wash (23mm) (white Itrs both sides) .50
Saginaw 845 (Hartley)
WEBB'S DIXIE WASH
B o Pr Oc Sd Good For One Wash (23mm) (white itrs both sides) .50
MINNESOTA
Brooklyn Center 138 (Knob loch)
NORTH STAR COIN CAR CLEAN ZANEBROOK CENTER (INCUSE)
A o B Sq Sd (blank(24mm) 1.50
Chisholm 160 (Skogland)
NORTH STAR COIN CAR CLEAN CHISHOLM MINNESOTA (INCUSE)
A o B Sq Sd (b lank) (24rm) 1.00
Richfield 700 (non-member attending 1974 AVA convention)
PENN AVE. PURE 73rd. ‘869-9878
A o B 23 Sd Good For One Five Minute Wash I .50
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NEBRASKA
Lincoln 540 (Knabenschuh)
VAN ICE'S CHAMPLIN CAR WASH GOOD FOR ONE FREE CAR WASH
F A 32 Sd Big One Lincoln Mebr, (anodized red) $0,25
Clhis facility is operated by Vanice's Pontiac-Cad i I lac, Inc.]
NEVADA
Reno 600 (McPheeters)
25(t IN VALUE CAR WASH MOTOR WORLD FIFTH & WEST RENO, NEVADA
F o 3 23 Sd (blank)Cincuse black Itrs on obv.DCobso lete early 1974] .50
NEW YORK
Oneida 630 (Super)
PETROWASH ONEIDA (INCUSE)
B B 23 Sd (blank) .25
OHIO
Ravenna 755 (ax-Unidentif ied, located by Tomberlin)
THE QUARTER WASH 811 SOUTH PROSPECT REVENNA
A o WM 27 Sd (Sofspra) .50
Toledo 860 (Super)
GOOD F0R-5-MINUTES AT SOFSPRA McCOY SERVICE
2815 W. CENTRAL TOLEDO, OHIO
D WM 27 Sd (Sofspra) .25
OREGON
Lincoln City 475 (Millard)
WOODY'S TAFT TEXACO CAR WASH & WAX TAFT, OREGON
A A 24 Sd (blank)Cobv. silver Itrs black background]
dTaft is now part of Lincoln City]
SOUTH DAKOTA
Huron 480 (Ford)
GOOD F0R-5-MINUTES AT HURON SOFSPRA MARKET ROAD & DAKOTA AVE.
SOUTH HURON, SOUTH DAKOTA
A o WM 27 Sd (Sof spra )Cd i scont i nued late 1973] 1.50
TEXAS
Par i 5 710 (Reid ling)
SOFSPRA CAR WASH PARIS, TEXAS 25-?
A o WM 27 Sd (same as obverse) I .00
Tyler 925 (Reidiing and Ritterband)
TYLER, JACKSONVILLE & MARSHALL, TEXAS SOFSPRA CAR WASH
A o WM 27 Sd (Sofspra)
TYLER, JACKSONVILLE & MARSHALL TEXAS ROY M. PAIR
B WM 27 Sd (Sofspra)
VIRGINIA
Roanoke 730 (Pernicano)
MELROSE Ml NIT CAR WASH 3458
A A 29 Sd Save 1,2 Coins Redeemable
Other Side
WYOMING
Sundance 780 (Feisel & Super)
HARTL’S CAR WASH SUNDANCE, WYO.
A Bz 26 Sd Meter-Ail Dallas Texas
CThis token is a borderline bronze or brass]
MELROSE AVE. ROANOKE, VIRGINIA
For Free Car Wash at See
.25
1 .00
.25
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Edmonton Z50
TFord and Stewart)
SHERIDAN CAR WASHS
EDMONTON (INCUSE) TOP INSERT (ARROW)
R Z
29 Sd
B3 C6 (2 slots)
$0.35
4th ST CAR WASH ( 1
NCUSE)
S A
24 Sd
(blank)
.35
4th. ST CAR WASH (
INCUSE)
T A
24 Sd
(blank)
.35
CAIberta 250 S and T were used at 104th Street Car Wash]
Rocky Mountain House 800 (Stewart)
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
A A 24 Sd (blank)Cshape as a bear head] .25
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Dawson Creek 325 (Hill)
SIXTY SIX 66 (INCUSE)
C A 24 Sd (blank) .25
CORRECTION ; NH 120 A is brass, not bronze
RELIST ; Unidentified rf-21 as Mich 845 A (error issue, should be PAXSON)
Unidentified ^30 at Texas 255 D
This is the first supplement to the new Car Wash Token Catalogue published last
summer. All issues in this Supplement not marked obsolete can probably be obtained
by writing. Most current listings have sufficient address information on the token
so you can write. CO 760 C, NY 680 B, OR 475 A all responded without street addres-
ses. NE 540 F, being a larger city, would need an address. Try Vanice*s Pontiac -
6996 "0” St., Zip 68510. The owner of the OH 860 0 location can also supply collec-
tors with specimens of OH 694 A, 860 A B, from his supply of ’’foreigns" for 254 each
+SAE. The ILL 552 token, try 4705 W. Route 120, zip 60050. Several collectors have
purchased tokens for $1 each. The postoffice returned my letter to ILL 225 A and I
note that it is not I Isted in the ye I low pages. NEV 600 F and SD 480 A discontinued
tokens recently. Reno tokens might be had if you visit the location and neighborhood
businesses. The catalogue value listed may be conservative. The owner of SO 480 A
states that he gave away his remaining specimens to kids last year.
I need some help from anyone who might be visiting Colorado Springs in order to
check 230 N. Circle Dr. to see what is used and get quantities of each available spe-
cimen. Six or 8 different may be used at this location including black & red color
varieties.
Horner's Auto Wash at 915 Lafayette, Bay City, Ml, has several different plastic
issues and I am not sure of the inscription since my letter to the location was never
answered .
I have rubbings of several plastic issues from an ENCO SELF SERVICE CAR WASH to
list. Probably from Colorado. Can anyone help with a location and specimens If
still ava liable?
For Tex 925 B try Roy Pair Real Estate at 212 Elm, Tyler 75701. For Alberta 800
A write to G & G Gas N Wash, Rocky f4ountain House, Alta. Enclose extra for postage
unless you have a Canadian stamp for your SAE.
Hartley and Reidling located the tv\(o unidentified issues. I believe both are
now obsolete.
A couple of varieties (minor) have turned up:
MINN 730 A: on reverse the numerals 75 are (a) solid; (b) hollow.
ORE 700 A: on reverse the Sofspra logo has (a) no circled R; (b) circled R.
Please report unlisted car wash tokens directly to me. It's a new hobby, and
there are probably hundreds of unlisted tokens out there.
HAROLD V. FORD - 6641 SARONl DRIVE - OAKLAND, CA 94611
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TRADE: SD 100 A; Tenn 430 H; Tex 60 A; Va 620 K. If no trade, then to highest bid-
der. SALEj Md 840 A 75<:, 60 T $1; La 670 H SO*?. All 3 for $1.75. SAE please.
Joe Pernicano 58 Sonia Lane ^ Broomall, PA 19008
FOR SALE: NY 629 D 25*?, G 25*?, AH 25<?, AO 40<?, 631 C 40<?, G 60*?, H 40*?, 0 25<?,”q 25<?,
V 70<:, 995 A 25*?. Please a 10*? stamp for each 2 tokens.
L.H. Betts ^ 114-15 M.Y. Dlvd. Jamaica, NY 11434
WANTED; N.Y. State TT; s (Cat. $1 or better). FOR TRADE; MI 470 A, NY 695 A; OH 230 I
PA 400 B, 515 B/ Also have 2 tokens used at ANA Boston, Mass 115 AG (listed Sept.
1973 Fare Box) to highest bidder.
Gary Pipher ;; Box 217 ;;; Johnson City, NY 13790
NEW PERSONAL TOKEN now available. 100 only. One for one +SAE, or if none, one In-
dian cent. — Sol Ixalpern — 1032 N, Screenland Dr. - Burbank, CA 91505
DON'T PAY INPLATED PRICES for NY 760 D (Cat. value 15 <?1. VJill trade these in any
quantity for other tokens I need on an even catalogue-value basis; please send list.
ALSO mNTED: copy of Lucius Beebe's "Cable Car Carnival," plus postcards shox^ing
viexirs of Dubuque and Royal Gorge Inclines.
Charles E. Benjamin - 12 Kingwood Drive - Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
ATTENTION N.J. AREA COLLECTORS! Wanted - commemorative token/medal issued 1970 (?)
for 50 years of activity in airships at Lakehurst, N.J. Also any other tokens or med-
als featuring balloons or zeppelins. Buy or trade.
Gary Ascher ;; 506 N.L. ;; Sparta, TJI 54656
MASS 305 C FOR SALE. Please send 50*? and a 10<? stamp to
Morton H. Dawson ;;; 132 I^iting Lane ;;; West Hartford, CT 06119
FOR SALE: (plus postage) Ark 1000 A^aS*?, 805 A 50*?, 1000 P 25*?, W 35*?, X 25<?, Y 50<?;
Ind 1000 B 25*?; Me 1000 A 25*?, B 40*?, C 25*?; Mass 970 E 35*?, 1000 A 35*?; Minn 600 B
$2; NH 100 A 25*?, B 25*?; NJ 1000 A 35*?, B 25*?; RI 700 G 50*?; Tex 320 G 25*?, 1000 A
25*?; Va 1000 A B C D 25<? ea; Vt 1000 A 25*?; Virgin Is. 1000 A 25*?, B 25*?, C 35*?.
J. G. Micolosi - 3002 Galindo St. Oakland, CA 946 01
faiL BID: Colo 140 A C I, 260 L N O, 280 A, 300 A G, 540 C D, 600 A, 620 A 6, 760 I
L, 860 C D E. All plus insurance & postage.
George II. Wyatt ;; 32 Skylark Lane ;;; Lunenburg, MA 01462
FOR SALE; Md 60 I $3.50, J 50*?, Q $2.50, T $1.50, U $1.50; V $1.75, or 1 of each for
$8.75. ’'ZANTED: all Md, tokens, medals, old postcards, etc. Also tokens with Victoria
portrait and Detroit P-C, postcards.
Benjamin G. Egerton - 7 Montrose Ave. - Baltimore, MD 21212
I WILL send a~ 25*? Southern California Rapid Transit District base fare paper ticket
for a similar ticket from your area +SAE,
P.R. Pearson 3 11937 Darlington Ave. ;;; Los Angeles, CA 90049
FOR SALE; 50 diff. TT's $7. 50 mixed OPA red tokens $3, 29 diff. $6, 23 diff. $4,
OPA blue: 15 diff. $3; state sales tax 15 diff. $1.50. Postpaid.
George Van Trump, Jr. — Box 656, Edgemont Br. - Golden, CO S0401
FOR SALE; CA 450 J 40*?; CT 290 K 40*?, 305 M N 35<? each; DC 500 C P Y 35<? ea; FL 130
D 40*?; MA 45 A $4.35, 115 L 40*?, 135 B 60*?, C 75*?, 355 A 35?, 550 B I H 55? each,
695 A 35?, 760 A C G 45? ea, 825 A 40?; ME 40 A $3.50, 480 C 95?. PLEASE ADD POSTAGE!
K. T. Farrell ;; 28 VJoods Ave. 3 Somerville, MA 02144
PERSONAL TOKENS MADE TO ORDER. Raised letters only. 30% discount. Aluminum 32min,
$35 per 500. Included dies £ postage.
E.L. Tomberlin ;; P.O. Box 2295 San Leandro, CA 94577
AVA TIE TACS, PINS, ETC. Sorry the response to my past ads in The Fare Box didn’t ob-
tain enough interest to make this project self-supporting. Maybe we can try again.
Thanks to all of you v/ho responded to the idea and sent cards. If there is any way
we can do this idea in the future I’ll be bacJc in The Fare Box. Thanks again and
Good Token Collecting to all. = Stan Heist - 123 Buckingham Drive - Roseioont, PA
FOR SALE: Ark 720 B,C~$1; La 490 A £ TN 375 E 75?; Ark. Merc, token^s (city & state)
3-$l or trade for like items. Also fexi? sets scarce Ark. Prison tokens to trade for
items I need. Stamp please on all sales,
T.H. Robinson - Box 8405 Pine Bluff, AR 71601
FOR SALE; 40 diff. wooden Car Wash Tokens. Many obsolete circa 1950' s. 4 sets only
at $19.75 each. Census TT's for trade for TT's I need, FL 310 A I; KY 85 B, 270 A;
NY 630 I M; OH 165 H, 166 B; PA 260 A; TN 430 A; WI 95 A.
Harold V. Ford - 6641 Saroni Dr. - Oakland, CA 946 11
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STILL HAVE A.V.A. DECALS AT 20<: EACH or 5 for $1 plus small stamped envelope.
R.K. Frisbee ;;; 211 King St. ;; Denver, CO 80219
135-piece Canadian TT collection in 2 k 2 and vinyl sheets for sale or trade for U.S.
TT's. Cat. values to $2.50. Send SAE for list. Also for sale: Alas 190 A B $5 ea.
Cal 760 K $4; ILL 430 A B C $5 set, 475 BCD $2 set; ICans 980 A B C D E $4 set; OH
10 A $5. Send me your trade list.
Bill Garrison ^ 9505 Nornvandy Ave. - Morton Grove, IL 60053
FOR SALE; Pa 455 A $4, 495 I $2; NY 945 A $2. 50; plus SAE. mNT NE'.4 YORK, N.J. , and
New England. All v/elcome at NEXT NEVA t'lEETING tlARCH 8.
Ralph A. Hinde ^ 225-30 106th Ave., Queens Village Jamaica, NY 11429
PA. CELLULOIDS FOR SALE OR TRADE. Pa 495 G $2.50; H $5. Or trade the 2 for two sil-
ver dollars. = Bernard Yagodich ^ 82 "K" Street - Johnstown, PA 15906
ALA 560 M; Ind 3660 A; Cal 3450 JUD. British Railway liat badge and one button. Trade'
for TTs or PTs equal value. 26 diff. red OPA token $4. Fairfield Ohio 61-62-63 dog
tags all three SO*? +SAE.
Joe Studebaker - 2614 Legate St. - Beaufort, SC 29902
FOR SALE; Miss 500 B 25^ +SAE. Also many other hard-to-get tokens from my collection.
Lee R. Sanders ;;; 142 H. Douglas ^ Bradley, IL 60915
NOW AVAILABLE; my personal token. Vlill trade for one of yours; if none send SAE.
Gordon Fitzgerald - 15530 LeMarsh St. - Mission Hills, CA 91340
AVA 1968 OAKLAID COI-TVENTION. Cal 760 J $3 each; 2 for $5. Prepaid.
Bill VJilliges - Box 445 t'nieatland, CA 95692
TRADE: 3 postcards of streetcars (chrome) for one railroad station postcard (not
chrome). Or v/ill trade, or buy, postcards of railroad stations Send list
Ralph W. Winant 500 W. Summit Ave. Wilmington, DE 19804
NEW PERSONAL TOKEN, Angwin, Calif', (now that I am just moving out!), for one of yours
or SAE. Also, 472 3 & C still available.
Stephen Album P.O, Box 4039 ^ Berkeley, CA 94704
’4ANTED: buy or trade - Calif 3045 A, 3975 C; Conn 3210 F; 111 3551 A; NY 3628 A;
Ohio 3830 B; Tex 3255 O; DC 3500 C; Minn 3540 B.
Raymond E. Olson - 32137 Oakley ;;; Livonia, MI 48154
AUCTION; Mass 550 D E, 210 A, 235 A, 270 B, 760 A, 825 A. Cafe tokens for sale, 1940
type Twin's Bar, brass, 104 trade. Selling price 504 +SAE.
Wilbur P. Kane ;; 825 Belleville Ave. ;; New Bedford, MA 02745
SEl® YOUR FLORIDA trade tokens, storecards, etc. Specify your own needs from foreign
coins, U.S. coins, U.S. silver or bulk Indianheads, V-54, etc. FL transports on
same basis, lly needs are Fla 910 ADC.
A. Corson ;;; Box 30-261 ;; Miami, FL 33138
WANTED; the follovring N.J. tokens; 145 A, 605 A, 997 I M, 998 A B. Please write with
your asking price or for my high offer.
Bob Slawsky - P.O. Box 423 ;; Rockaway, NJ 07866
SCARCE & PJ\RE TRANSP. TOKENS FOR SALE; Fla 380 D $2; 111 150 F $90, 150 AH (listed
Oct. 73 Fare Box — this is the only knovm specimen — $100; ICan 450 C $3.50; Md 60 AN
$4; Mo 920 C $70; NY 630 La $15; Pa 15 D $17.50, 750 N $27.60; Tenn 430 F $100; Tex
360 B (choice) $30; Utah 800 A (census) $50; Va 620 F $12.50, G $7,50; Wis 5 A $13;
790 A $12,50. = David Schenkman - Box 274 - Indian Head, MD 20640
FOR SALE; Ont 200 A $2, 400 D E P $4 , 700 C D $1; Oue 100 A B $1, 120 A B $1, 150
A B C D $3, 190 A B $1, 200 A(a) B $1, 345 D $6, G 254, I 254, 360 A-G $7, 460 A 504
D.M. Stewart 950 - 335 8th Ave. S.W. - Calgary, Canada T2P lEl
WILL PAY lOX CAT. = FOR PARKING TOKENS: I need: SC 3490 C, 3510 A, 3840 B; Tex
3255 M O, 3445 B, 3810 B, 3985 C; Utah 3750 B C; Va 3065 B, 3520 B, 3580 A B C D F G
I O 0 R S T, 3660 A; Wash 3670 B C; Wis 3410 B, 3510 A E F I L S V AE AP AR AS, 3620
F; DC 3500 G. = H.E. Mayland ;;; 152 Parkviev? Drive - Union, NJ 07083
I HAVE ALAS 800 A, Fla 860 A; 111 785 A; la 640 Sa; lid 60 K AN; Okla 640 A; Nova Sco-
tia 850 E; Ont 125 A, to trade for; Col 300 E, 340 C, 540 B, 620 B, 860 E. Also have
"good for" pocket mirrors to trade for Colorado merchant tokens I want.
Lee Nott 631 Osage Drive ^ Papillion, NE 68046
FOR SALE; Calif 450 P (new issue) for 254 +SAE. Won't be handled by N.I.S. Profits
will go to CATC for 1975 AVA Convention.
Steve Lipshie 5270^ Bellingham Ave. - North Hollyxvood, CA 91607
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TT's FOR SALE at 25t + postage: Alas 50 B; Ark 480 P; Cal 240 A, 435 A, 450 B I J,
575 I ^7, 715 T U V, 745 O P, 795 A; Colo 60 A, 140 D; Conn 35 E, 290 K N, 305 M N O;
Fla 130 BCD, 530 C F, 910 H, 930 A.
Claude G. Thompson ^ 3757 Kipling Ave» So, - Minneapolis, MN 55416
AUCTION: AK 400 C; CA 575 O, 715'Vj~IL 495 Gf KY 480 L;' MI '5'2'5“C; NY 230 I, 631 C;
NC 980 H; IlD 960 A; 011 10 M, 435 B, 505 A, 915 Bf OR 700 1} PA 605 G; RI 120 A; SD
680 B; TX 255 O; lA 840 D; VAT 270 B; IJI 440 E; DC 500 Z AD; timetable F; N.S. 100 B.
Jaclc Backora - Box 53 - Flushing, OH 43977
AUCTION: NY 630 E, one of twcTl^own, minirium bid $100; MY 630 K, minimum bid $50;
set 630 La Lb Lc Ld, miiiiitiuin bid $80. 630 K, niniraiara bid $75.
Arlene Raskin - 3196 Bedford Aye. - Brooklyn, MY 11210
CATALOGUE OF WORLD TRANSPORTATION TOKENS AND PASSES (except No. America) First ed.
1967, price $5 either bound or unbound. Order directly from;
Kenneth E. Smith ^ 323 Avenue F ;;; Redondo Beach, CA 90277
FEISEL'S CATALOGUE OF PARKING TOKENS OF~ THE TOrld, 2nd ed. , 264 pages, availabre
cloth-bound or loose-leaf. Price $8 postpaid to members ($10 to others).
Duane H. Feisel ;; P.O. Box 1302 Los Altos, CA 94022
ATWOOD'S CATALOGUE OF D.S. & CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION TOKENS, 3rd ed. 1970, 731 pa^es
buclcram-bound or loose-leaf, price $7.50 to members ($10 to others) postpaid.
SUPPLEr/IENT 1973 to the Atwood Catalogue, 40 pages, updates the Atwood thru May 1973,
price $1.50 postpaid, cardboard cover.
CAR WASH TOKENS by J.M. Coffee & H.V. Ford, 1974, 120 pages cloth-bound, price $4.50
to members ($7.50 to others) postpaid. Four loose-leaf copies also available,
American Vecturist Assn, ;; P.O. Box 1204 ^ Boston, MA 02104
= ALL AUCTIONS IW THIS JSSUE CLOSE MARCH 1 =
APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP
I5I4-J DANIEL DONNELLY - 2306 EAST DAUPHIN STREET - PHILADELPHIA, PA 19125
Age 15; Student. Collects U.S.
1515 LINDA J. B I ARUM - 2250 SOUTH 204th, ^30 - SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98188
Age 27; Accountant, Collects U.S, & Parking. {Rofab^i)
1516 KENNETH T. HELSEL - 5025 55th AVENUE - HYATTSVILLE, MARYLAND 20781
Age 38; Statistical Assistant. Collects U.S., Canada, Foreign {Ke.nt)
1517 DAVlo C. PARRIS - 231 VILLAGE ROAD EAST - HIGHTSTOWN, NEW JERSEY 08520
Age 30; Assistant Curator. Col lects U.S. (Co^^ae)
1518 RONALD J. BEN ICE - 25 STEWART PLACE - MOUNT KISCO, NEW YORK 10549
Age 37; Mathematician. Collects U.S. (Coi^aee)
ADMITTED TO LIFE IffiMBERSHIP: L-1336 John R. Smith
CHANGE OF ADDRESS (* indicates contribution [25p or more] to Address Plate Fund)
* Ralph Mancusl - Box 874 - Orange Park, Florida 32073
* Frank W. Miller - 1043 North 450 East - Bountiful, Utah 84010
* Edward M, Vickers - P.O. Box 2303, Station A - Meriden, Connecticut 06450
RESIGNATIONS FROM mmERSHIP
1009 Albert Augenbliak
1273 Geoffrey G. Bell
1206 Leon Geller
Advertiseinents in THE FARE BOX are free to A.V.A. members. Simply mail your ad on a
separate sheet of paper (or a postcard if possible) to the Editor. The limit is 6
lines in every issue/ hut if the ad consists mostly of numhers & letters, such at cat
numbers, it is limited to 3 lines. Auctions are limited to tokens catalogued at 25<t
or more and vrhich are not noi' in use.
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Volume 29, Number 2 - FEBRUARY, 1975 ;;; Our 332nd Issue
ROBERT B. MCKEE
I first met Bob McKee on October 31, 1948, at the organizational meeting of the
A.V.A. in Max Schwartz' office in New York City. He was thus one of the founders of
our society, and a pioneer in the hobby. He held membership number 5. Bob was a
civil engineer, a 1934 graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In 1937 he
joined the Army Corps of Engineers, and was Asst. Chief of construction operations
for the Buffalo District when he retired in 1974. He had a quiet, dignified bearing
about him, and token collecting added much to his life. His obituary in the Buffalo
Evening News gives prominent coverage of his membership in the A.V.A. and his token
collection. With retirement Bob was hoping to devote itaich more time to the hobby,
and he came out to our Minneapolis Convention last August. He was a good friend with
a ready smile, and a staunch supporter of our hobby. We are going to miss him. He
died February 11, at age 61.
February 26. Inasmuch as all memberships expire March 1 if you haven't paid
your dues, this is the last issue of THE FARE BOX you will receive unless you have
paid. There's still time, though, and you needn't miss a single issue. Just send
$6.50 to our Treasurer, R.K. Frisbee - 211 King Street - Denver, CO 80219.
We include two pages (one sheet) of photographs of rare tokens in this issue,
and we shall have pictures much more often from now on. It is especially gratifying
that we can now show you a picture (much enlarged) of the delightful little Greek
horsecar token, which was described in an article by Yosef Sa'ar a few months back.
A.V.A. member F.S. Norman of 209 5th St, - Fulton, KY 42041, writes that he has
been unable to answer correspondence because of family problems, but will not delay
any longer in doing this, and all of those who have written him may expect to hear
from him shortly.
Our Secretary, Don Mazeau (9 Settlers Lane - Clinton, CT 06413) says he just
found a carton of 26 of the Second Edition of the Atwood Catalogue (1963) . This book
is valuable because the numbers in that edition differ from many of those in the pre-
sent book, and students of early auctions in early issues of THE FARE BOX should have
a copy. We'll be glad to see these old books, in mint condition, for $2 apiece plus
postage (postage is 34^). Write directly to Don.
Masthead specialists will also note a slight change this time; Feisel's address.
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= PRICES REALIZED IN THE SECOND AUCTION OF THE ATKINS COLLECTION =
(List of tokens on Page 195 of the December Fare Box)
1
$10,81
38
$4.10
75
$18.71
2
8.05
39
10.81
76
18.71
3
15.80
40
6.00
77
18.55
4
15.80
41
10.30
78
6.85
5
3.35
42
6.00
79
6.85
6
16.60
43
7.85
80
6.80
7
1 1 .00
44
28.10
81
8.26
8
4.85
45
3. 10
82
2.25
9
190.00
46
5.81
83
no bid
to
7.05
47
5.50
84
8.25
1 1
7.05
46
3.25
85
8.26
12
7.05
49
4.50
86
4.10
13
1 .45
50
3.85
87
5.05
14
1 .45
51
3.75
88
4.50
15
5.85
52
4.75
89
3.01
16
5.85
53
3.75
90
15.15
17
1 .85
54
35.(0
91
7.13
18
1 .85
55
19.80
92
3.95
19
2.52
56
10.60
93
3.95
20
2.52
57
3.80
94
37.77
21
12.16
58
1 .60
95
7.55
22
5.30
59
5.55
96
5.05
23
16.16
60
5.55
97
23.50
24
8.95
61
2.01
98
8.26
25
3.00
62
13.00
99
7.55
26
18.85
63
4.01
100
5.77
27
29.79
64
3.90
10!
5.55
28
27.101
65
2.01
102
6.75
29
20.55
66
13.50
103
7.30
30
1 1 .85
67
8.50
104
4.50
31
3.15
68
1 .60
105
3.95
32
3.50 ,
69
3.60
106
3.65
33
3.85
70
9.15
107
4.55
34
36.10
71
15,70
108
15.26
35
21 .25
72
25.07
109
21.35
36
15.75
73
12.50
1 10
3.30
37
4.90
74
18.71
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$10.51
149
$4.85
186
$3. 10
113
41 .50
150
6.85
187
11.10
114
8.25
151
8.26
188
11. 10
115
1 1 .67
152
5.81
189
1 .60
116
7.05
153
4.50
190
3.20
1 17
8.26
154
3.85
191
1 .60
1 18
20.00
155
27.85
192
3.55
119
20.00
156
2.02
193
6.25
120
20.00
157
22.50
194
4.75
121
3.05
158
7.50
195
3.20
122
30.03
159
1 .61
196
4.75
123
82.50
160
3.00
197
5.60
124
9.25
161
8.26
198
7.00
125
5.35
162
10.50
199
2.75
126
4.00
163
3.10
200
2.60
127
8.25
164
1 1.85
201
2.13
128
ERROR
165
4.00
202
2.13
129
2.10
1 66
4.10
203
6.25
130
no bid
167
6.50
204
6.25
131
no bid ,
168
4.50
205
ERROR
132
10.20
169
8.26
206
7.80
133
2.45
170
4.00
207
2.35
134
3.80
171
26.26
208
2.25
135
2.35
172
9.90
209
2.13
136
4.10
173
18.71
210
5.81
137
15.35
174
3.00
21 1
10.70
138
6.85
175
6.00
212
4.75
139
15.00
176
27.85
213
28.60
140
8.26
177
3.11
214
4.10
141
4.85
178
2.60
215
3.25
142
1 .85
179
5.00
216
7.00
143
2.30
180
5.10
: 217
5.25
144
15.55
181
3.10
218
6.45
145
5.25
182
5.00
219
13.60
146
6.50
183
3.20
220
12.75
147
1 1 .10
184
5.00
221
2.60
148
7.85
185
7.00
! regret that I made two mistakes in the above auction. Lot #128, unfortunately,
was never In the Atkins collection. Lots 128 and 129 were supposed to be NM 100 B
and C, not 450 B and C. You will notice that 430 C Is repeated again In Lot 131.
So no bids counted on that one. I will comment, though, that bidding ran close to
$100 for the token. Lot #205 was another mistake. ND 600 Da was never In the Atkins
collection. I meant 600 Db. Top bid was $41.20 for Da, if you’re Interested. The
prices were, if anything, even higher than In the first auction. The price on Lot
#9 is close to a record. The second high bid was $186.50, and there were several
other bids over $100 for that classic. If you are interested the highest auction
price on record for a transportation token, so far as I know, was $240.00, for Pa 765
A. The purchaser. Ironically, was Dick Atkins! One reason for unusually high prices
Is the collector who specializes In one state, and consequently is willing to pay
more for the few tokens he sti 1 1 needs. Frankly, unless a collector is either far
advanced, or a specialist in one or a few states, I think these prices are too high.
But it’s all a matter of priorities. Some folks would rather spend their money for
admittedly very rare tokens than for something else. It gives them satisfaction and
a lot of fun, and I guess. In the end, that Is at least one of the purposes of life.
New members who don’t have a copy of the December Fare Box with the list of tokens
for this auction may get a copy for postpaid from the Editor.
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= PROBLEMS IN CATALOGUING =
By Ralph Freiberg
While John Nicolosi and I are sitting here waiting for results of a number of
letters we have out, seeking supplies of new issue tokens, it occurred to me that I
might share some of the pr obi eras that afflict the Catalogue Committee, witii respect
to listings. We usually try to resolve these in July when John Coffee makes his an-
nual trip to the Coast. Many of the problems are ancient, leftover from the days be-
fore the A.V.A. was founded.
For instance, I have been harping recently on the difference between bronze and
copper. I believe there are two varieties of Mont 140 A, one copper and one bronze,
and the copoer was struck, I am certain, before 1920. On the other hand, we do list
a copper and a bronze from Kingston, MY 445 E and F. I never gave this much thought,
but recently learned that these were both made in 1945, and all v/ere called bronze by
tlie manufacturer, so actually they are really only "shades” of bronze.
Then there are the Seattle & Rainier Valley tokens. Wash 780 G to L. We have
always noted tliat some of these tokens came with a kind of black ink on them. Novj I
have learned that all tokens struck after 1926 were called "oxodized" by the manufac-
turer. Probably, therefore, these oxidized tokens, which are the ones we tnought were
black-inked, deserve separate listings. Of course over the years most of this coating
wore off. This oxidized bronze is similar to what v;e call "gun metal plated" else-
where in the book.
I have also just learned that steel tokens were struck, similar to WJ 555 E, and
presumably put into use. Now these are not patterns. They were ordered in steel.
But no one has come up with a steel. If you would check your NJ 555 E, someone out
there may have a steel v/ithout knov/ing it. Just put a roagnet on the token. Some of
our steels look just like v;hite metal.
Another steel token that no one has ever come up with, but which we know was
issued, is a token just like La 30 A B C. People owning La 30 B or C should check
the token with a magnet. Even though we know the tokens were struck, we don’t like
to list them unless someone actually o^ms them, or has seen them.
In the June 1974 Fare Box I mentioned a token for LINCOLN TRAIN, which probably
is an amusement ride sonev/here. Now I have learned that tokens were also made up for
a BAYOU SAFARI RAILROAD. This is a 2Gmm bronze one. Amusement rides are hard to
locate, as there is no comprehensive listing that includes all the little ones de-
signed primarily for children. I hope some reader can help us on these. Incidental-
ly if you ever ride one of these little trains, be sure to check for tokens. See if
they use a turnstile, as often tokens are used with turnstiles. But simply ask ques-
tions. Some members don't collect amusement ride tokens, but many do, and v/e want to
list them even if not everybody saves thera.
Then there is the problem of the Bear Mountain tokens of New Yorlc State. The
Palisades Interstate Park Commission issued the white metal 23mm token which we have
listed as NY 78 A. But there are also P.I.P.C, tokens in bronze and oxidized white
metal, both 23mm, and there is a 29ram brass P.I.P.C. token I I understand the large
token is for a swimming pool, used in a turnstile- So we do not list it, of course.
But we'd like to know v/hat the bronze and oxidized white metal 23mm tokens are used
for. If they are used exclusively for rides, then we should list them. But %7e won’t
list them till we know for certain, as they might be for just about anything. Some
New York or north Jersey collector could get up tliere and find this out for us, but
soiaetimes it's pretty hard to get any action out ox Fun City.
Then there is the problem of the non-revenue tokens — tokens used on publicly-
owned highways and bridges for police, employees, construction people, etc. RI 520 K
is such a token. I've been wondering if it should really be listed under Newport, or
perhaps under a separate classification for the R..I. Turnpike & Bridge Authority.
Incidentally this token should be listed as 27inm, I didn't have the token when it
was first listed, hence tlie error in listing it as 26mm. But the big news is that I
just learned that, in addition to the token with the red center, there are also tok-
ens with a blue center for police & fire departments; green center for the engineer-
ing firm; yellow center for contractors, as well as the red center v/liich v/as for em-
ployees! The trouble is, no collector — so far as I knov7 — owns any of these except the
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red-centered one. A fexi? of those are in the hands of collectors. So, while we know
of the existence of these other non-revenue tokens v/e hesitate to list them until at
least we've seen them. They aren't being used now, and the Autliority has them all
bagged up and refuses to part with even a single one. Dealing with public authorit-
ies is always a little sticky, and as time goes by more and more transportation fac-
ilities are coming under public ovmership, which means tokens, except tliose generally
available to the public, will be increasingly difficult to obtain for collection.
But we have our v/ays, and in the end vre usually get them. Legally, of course.
One other problem is tokens with a signature in script on them. We usually
designate this simply as "name in script," but lately it has been brought to my at-
tention that "facsimile of signature" would be more precise. There is an important
Over the years we've done our best to decipher these facsimile signa-
tures, and as often as not vre make the wrong guess. For example, on the tokens of
Saginav;, Mich 845 J and K, we read the signature as "Chas, G. Oahaus." I've just
learned that wasn't his name at all. It vras "Chas. G. Oakman." People often write
their signatures in such a way as to be difficult to read, and it would seem from our
experience that transit executives are ai.K>ng the vrc>rst offenders in this regard!
*****
= SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CLUB PREPARES FOR A. V. A. CONVENTION =
By Robert M. Ritterband
Members of the California Association of Token Collectors held their first meet-
ing of 1975 on Sunday, January 19, at the home of club secretary Elaine Wi I lahan In
Los Angeles. As always there was a big turnout of collectors, this time totalling 22
plus three family gueses. Members included: Allred, Alpert, Atwood, Barnes, Carter,
Crusen, Hawthorne, Kubach, Lipshie, t'tenning. Miller, Pearson, Ritterband, F.G. Smith,
Ken & Kirk Smith, Thompson, Ticknor, Waldorf, Wil lahan. Gueses were Pat Miller,
Eleanor Smith and James Waldorf. The latter is president of the Numismatic Assn, of
Southern California, with which this club recently became affiliated.
In addition to extensive token trading much time was given to discussions of the
25th Annual Convention of the A.V.A,, which the club will host in August, The Ramada
Inn at Los Angeles International Airport has been signed for the conclave, set for
Friday thru Sunday, August 15-17. These dates are immediatety prior to the opening
of the huge American Numismatic Assn, convention in the same area on August 19-24,
The first two days of the AVA meet will be used for token trading, a mall-and-
floor auction, business sessions, and a banquet with speaker. On Sunday morning a
visit will be made by charter bus to the famous "Queen Mary" at Long Beach, with a
souvenir token being struck for the round-trip ride. Finally as many members as can
will attend an encore session on Friday, August 22, during the ANA convention, for a
symposium on transportation topics.
A registration cost for all this has been set at $15.50. "Early Bird" registra-
tions will be accepted up to July 15 for only $14, a neat 10^ savings for anyone. To
help expenses, a limited number of bourse tables will be available at a modest cost
for any dealer-members who wish reserved full-time space on the two trading days.
Ritterband, who was recently returned to the post of CATC president, will act as
general chairman for the gathering, plus the handling of registrations, bourse rent-
als and the Sunday tour. Other assignments so far Include: Barnes, banquet; Crusen,
finances; Carter, exhibits and trophies; Ken Smith, auction, and Mrs. Wil lahan, prin-
ted souven I rs .
= TtfELVE THOUSAND TOKENS RIPPED OFF AT WINSTON-SALEM -
Thieves recently broke into the garage of the bus line at Winston-Salem, N.C., and
took 12,000 bus tokens. Winston-Salem Transit Authorittj said it would take about 3
months get more tokens made. We didn't even know they were using any. So, anyway,
t/e'll probably have a net/ issue as a result of this, and just maybe we won't knot/
what it was the thieves stole.
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= UNLISTED MEXICAN TRANSPORTATION TOKENS =
By-' Les Hawthorne
Recently I acquired an unlisted bus token fron Monclava, in the state of Coah-
uilla, Mexico. Monclava, as it proclaims on the obverse of the token, is the steel
capital (capital del acero) , there being a couple of steel mills in the city. On the
reverse it has an interesting inscription, stating that the token is for the exclusive
use of minor students • This is probably the first known school token to come out of
Mexico. The date of use of the token is unknown, but it may go back as far as the
1930’s judging from the ancient type of bus pictured on the token. Still, as Bob
Ritterband told me when I showed him the token, you can’t go by the age of the bus in
Mexico because they still have some pretty primitive rolling stock down there. The
token is as follov^s:
MONCLAVA, COAH CAPITAL DEL ACERO (STEEL MILL)
B 21 Sd Transportes Monclava S.A, de C.V. Uso Unicamentes Estudiantes
Menores (old type bus)
The other token to be described is one I have had for several years. I report-
ed it to Ken Smith a year ago, in the hope it would be listed and then perhaps iden-
tified and attributed by someone. But as it never appeared, I am going to describe
it here.
I have been told it is from Monterrey, Mexico, but I’ve never been able to ver-
ify this. A Mexican coin dealer and two other Mexican correspondents told me that
it might have been used by some company for their employees, for travelling to and
from their homes to where they worked. The coin dealer said he thought it might
have been used in north Mexico, substantiating the theory that it was used in Monter-
rey, as I was told by the person from whom I obtain the token. The number stamped on
its reverse could have been the date, or perhaps the number of the token if used as
a pass and retained, to be used from day to day. The token is as follows::
IMl'EX S.A. BUENO POR UN PASAJE (3 lobed cam or device) (large,
square denticles around rim)
Bz 35 Sd k3 (stamped incuse) (number 3 is overstamped with number 2)
(a thick bronze token)
- NEW BEDFORD SYSTEM TAKEN OVER BY PUBLIC AUTHORITY “
The new Southeastern Regional Transit Authority has taken over the Union Street
Railway of Nev/ Bedford, Mass, but the USR will continue to operate the systera for the
authority for a flat fee of $7,200 a month, until the end of 1975. The SRTA x*7ill al-
so operate buses in Fall River, and any other comnunities that v/ish to join it.
The Union Street Railway issued a large number of interesting tokens. The first
street railway in the city began service in 1872, as the New Bedford & Fairhaven St.
Ry,, with 7 cars and 12 horses imported from Prince Edward Island, Canada. In 1885 a
rival firm, the Acushnet Railway Co., was founded, but in 1887 the two firms merged
into a new one, the Union Street Railv^ay, and in 1890 electric cars were introduced
in New Bedford. In 1895 the USR built Lincoln Park, an amusement park, and later on
issued special tokens for the ride to that facility.
The first bus was brough into service in 1923, and trolleys were abandoned in
1947.
For years we had a red celluloid token of the Union Street Rail^vay listed as a
pattern, but the token seems to have disappeared. At least I can find no one who
o\^ns it, so v/e dropped the listing. None of the Nev/ Bedford tokens are rare, but
they are getting scarce. In the mid-1960's I visited the company and obtained quan-
tities of all of them, including about 50 of the 550 P, the rarest token of the city.
Interesting to note that one of these Mass 550 P tokens realized over $18 in the 2nd
Atkins auction, I sold them for about $1.50 ten years ago. But what I got were all
they had. The rest had been dumped into the Atlantic Ocean.
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= A PROCEDURE FOR REJUVENATING CORRODED ZINC TOKENS =
By William Crawford
A primary frustration in token collecting is deciding what to do with corroded
wartime zinc tokens. Any exposure to moisture results in the formation of the cor-
rosion product, Zinc oxide (ZnO), a fluffy white powder. Since ZnO is essentially in-
soluble in water and all organic solvents, conventional cleaning methods (scrubbing
with soaps and detergents, etc.) prove fruitless. However, a method of restoration
has been developed.
ZnO is highly soluble in an aqueous solution of ammonium chloride (NH 4 CI). ZnO
is also soluble in strong acids and strong alkalis, but so is metallic zinc, result-
ing in disintegration of the token itself! The technique developed for cleaning cor-
roded zinc tokens is as follows:
Use a beaker ar crucible of Pyrex or similar heat-resisting material, and bring
a convenient quantity of water to boiling. Add sufficient NH 4 CI (available in some
drug stores) to form a concentrated solution, and reboil. Remove from heat and drop
in one or more corroded tokens. They wi I I splatter, froth, and foam, but after a
period of thirty to sixty seconds, all corrosion product is usually gone! Plastic
tweezers (or a match stick carved to a pointed tip) are recommended to handle the
tokens, since the galvanic ceil established between stainless steel tools and zinc
results in corrosion of the zinc. Also, since zinc is relatively soft, it may be-
come scratched by harder materials. Since there is escessive splattering and evol-
ution of fumes, use of a ventilated hood is recommended. The solution precipitates
on cooling to a thin paste, but on reheating it may be reused. When it seems to lose
potency, more NH^Ci and/or more water may be added.
Although purists may disapprove, these tokens look very well when lightly pol-
ished. After cleaning, I chose to preverve my rejuvenated zinc tokens by dipping
them in kerosene (JP-4 fuel) and blotting away the excess. I expect this will pre-
serve the finish forever.
Overall rejuvenation time per token is approximately three minutes, in produc-
tion quantities (greater than 25 or more),
= THE CASA BONITA BUS COMPANY OF CHICAGO »
The little bronze token, ILL 150 U, is unusual in its origins. Casa Bonita
(= "House Beautiful" in Spanish) was considered the height of luxury when it ivas
built in 1923 as a luxury apartment house at 7343 Ridge Blvd. in Chicago. It had 66
apartment units, a 60-foot sv/inning pool, indoor golf driving range, putting green,
handball courts, and most of the amenities V'fhich the latest luxury developments of
the 1970* s brag about. An addition to everything else, Casa Bonita had its oim bus
service connecting v/ith the Hovrard Street rapid transit station, and this is where
the tokens cane in. The token must have been made in large quantities, because they
are common as dirt today. The cut-out in the center is "CB" just like the Ctoaha 3
Council Bluffs tokens, except the latter cut-out is supposed to represent "OCB" though
it*s exactly the same as the Casa Bonita tokens.
What Casa Bonita did in the v;ay of transportation has been done by many real es-
tate developers, and today a number of luxury apartment developments around Boston have
their ovm bus service into the city,
Casa Bonita, by the nid-1970's, had fallen into seedy times. Its glory v/as all
in the past. But now, in 1975, the Upto^vn Service Corporation has bought Casa Bonita
and is completely refurbishing the place. It v;ill be converted to condominiums. A
picture of Casa Bonita, as rejuvenated, appeared in the February 15 Christian Soienae
Monitor f which Vi?as sent to us by Don Punshon. Casa Bonita today has a look of classic
elegance, and we’re glad to know tlie old place is still going strong.
*****
= THIS IS VOUR LAST ISSUE IF VOUR VUES AREN'T PATV =
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THE RESTORATION OF A ZINC TOKEN
Above is Ala 220 G in 3 stages of restoration. At left is token as originally found, in a
hideous condition of rot and decay. In center is same token after chemical processing
by NH4CI. At right is same token after tumbling & polishing, fully restored! (Photos
have been enlarged 3x. )
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Unidentified #146
Wis 850 A
Unlisted Maverick
Now in Use Somewhere
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= WOODEN PERSONALS TO BE LISTED =
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The listing of Personal Tokens issued by A.V.A. members has been limited to met-
al and plastic pieces only. Now, hov/ever, a listing of wooden personal items will
also be made. Robert M. Ritterband, former A.V.A. president, will handle this mod-
ified cataloguing for THE FARE BOX. Tne wooden listing iifill be separate from the reg-
ular personal token listing.
Every member, past or present, vd\o has issued sucli personals will have his item
listed, ifnether the piece is a wooden nickel, a flat, or whatever. Personals listed
or issued by folks outside A.V.A. are not listable now. So please notify Ritterband
promptly if you have issued such an item, or if you have collected any from other
members, and send him a sample whenever possible. His address: 6576 Colgate Ave. -
Los Angeles, CA D004o.
★ * * ★ *
= DELAMhRE VALLEY VECTURISTS MEETIHG =
The Delaware Valley Vecturist Association had their meeting on Sunday, January
12 at the Sheraton Hotel in downtov^n Philadelphia. It v;as a little disappointing as
only 7 members attended. Present vfere Pernicano, Hiorth, JiMichael , Hansen, Jordan,
Biery, and Len Paul. Paul's son Tom came along and stopped briefly before going to
Jenkintovm to trade Boy Scout Order of the Arrow pocket patches, or more technically,
flaps, vnth a collector up there.
Our next meeting will be at the old stand, Joe Pernicano's office on Sunday,
I'iarch 9, starting at 12.30 pm. His office is at 1260 Virginia Drive in Fort Washing-
ton Industrial Park. Look for the Girard Bank sign.
Paul Biery offered to bring to this meeting his camera for photographing rare or
interesting tokens, preferably Pennsylvania, but not exclusively. So anyone who
wishes may bring his tokens to be ohotographed by Paul. He is offering this service
without charge at this meeting.
^ FEBRUARY mV7 ISSUES SERVICE REPORT ^
Bij John Nicolosi
We had anticipated having several nice tokens to send along to you this month,
but at this writing they are still pending. As a imtter of fact we have all kinds of
tokens, but tlwy are all, for the moment, of the "pending** kind.
We do have six r-jore of those plastic taxi tokens: four from Alaska, 1000 ABC
D, and tv^o from South Carolina, 1000 A B, so at least this month won’t be a total loss.
All members of N.I.S. will receive these six, unless xjou are on the **no want" list.
We’ve always had some members who cooperate and help us from time to time to ob^
tain tokens and information, and we would like to have a few more of you to help us
in your respective cities. These members check their local bus companies for new
tokens, and often they find them. We are grateful for this help as of course it jben-
efits all of us.
Some time in the near future we shall have some aluminum "1000 series" taxi tok-
ens to send out, as well as a few more plastic.
The Deceinber foreign tokens have all been sent out to those of you who are on
my foreign list, and as usual our sincere thanks to Kenneth Smith for providing these
nice tokens for us. I do have a few more sets of tl^ese foreign tokens, as well as
many other new issues, for those who are not meml^ers of N.I.S. Just send a stamped
envelope for my price list.
This month xre welcome Joseph Cooper to the ranks of dissociate Ilembers of N.I.S.
As we have so many tokens pending, including some older ones that we hope to get
quantities of, N.I.S. members should keep tlieir balances up. If you don’t have enough
to pay for the tokens, they will go to soir^one on the Associate List, and in some cas-
es we won’t get any more and you'll just lose out on some nice old ones. ’Nuff said.
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= FEBRUARY SUPPLEIIENT TO ATmOD’S CATALOGUE =
By Ralph Freiberg
ALASKA
Miscellaneous
A Pv; 38 Sd
B Pb 38 Sd
C Pe 38 Sd
D Pg 38 Sd
1000 (Distributed by NeiJ Issues Service)
HAINES TAXI TEL: 766-5505 HAINES ALASKA
Good For 10^ on a Taxi Rida (taxicab) (black Itrs) (* 12/31/74) $0.15
FLASH TAXI SERVICE TEL: 233-4705 KENAI ALASKA
Good For 109 on a Taxi Ride (taxicab) (white Itrs) (* 12/31/74) .15
PIONEER CAB TEL: 224-5581 SEI®lRD ALASKA
Good For 109 on a Taxi Ride (taxicab) (white Itrs) (* 12/31/74) .15
VnE TAXI TEL: 262-4534 SOLDOTNA ALASKA 99669
Good For 109 on a Taxi Ride (taxicab) (white Itrs) (* 12/31/74) .15
ARIZONA
Miscellaneous
K Pw 38 Sd
I Pb 32 Sd
J Pr 32 Sd
1000 (Reported by John Nicolosi)
GOOD FOR 509 ON 01^ RIDE VKLDON’S RIDING STABLE
5400 E. VAN BUREN PHOENIX, ARIZ. 275-2421
(blank) (obverse letters are black)
^’ffiLDON’S RIDING STABLE 5400 E. VAN BUREN PHOENIX, ARIZ. 275-2421
On Mondays Good For $1,00 On One Ride (white letters)
On V/ednesdays Good For $1,00 On One Ride (white letters)
SOUTH CAROLINA
Miscellaneous 1000 (Distributed by Nexi? Issues Service)
T4EST GREEWILLE CAB CO, TEL: 233-6030 GREENVILLE S,C.
A Pe 38 Sd Good For 109 on a Taxi Ride (taxicab) (white Itrs) (* 1/6/75) .15
B Pw 38 Sd " (black Itrs) ” .15
WASHINGTON
Vashon 930 (Reported by Clarence Heppner)
MANSON WIflAN
A o A 32 Sd Good For One Fare Sfcr Vashon 5,00
(This steamer operated in the waters around Vashon Island in Puget Sound]
UNIDENTIFIED
T.O. NEWMAN GOOD FOR ONE RIDE Bailey, Bvxtte,
147 A 34 Sd T.O. Newman Good For One Ride (nerry-go-round)
[similar to Unid. #96 but with different manufacturer's name]
=■ NOTES BY RALPH FREIBERG =
Six more plastic taxi tokens this month, for a change. These tokens are avail-
able from the cab companies, if anyone v;ants to :vrite and find out. Haines Taxi -
Box 432 - Haines, AK 99827, Flash Taxi Service, Box 1015, Kenai, AK 99611, Taxi
Box 565, Soldotna, AK 99669. West Greenville Cab Co, - 1270 Pendleton St, - Greenville
SC 29611,
Also some of those stable tokens from Arizona, A year ago Christmas, Hr. Nicol-
osi received a set of these from the ovmer of the stable, and as not too many were on
hand to get for everyone, he waited till this last Christmas to see if any would be
available, I4r, Reznick also learned about these and obtained tvro of the three, and
\i7as told the owners sold out to someone else, and no more were available. Mr, Nicol-
osi didn't get his usual Crhistmas card this past December, so he also came to the
conclusion that the owners are no longer there, and no more tokens available. This
is an example of saying that, well, they're just plastic things, so no rush in trying
to get them. And now ire can't get them, and that's too bad for those who do save
these items. We won't price these as don't know if any more will show up. Other
Miscellaneous tokens, we just list at the minimum, depending on what it costs to get
them, 159 or 259,
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Clarence Heppner reports that the Vashon, .VCV, was used about 70 years ago. He
c^tained some inforraation from a book at the Public Library: K,VJ* McCurdy’s
iHstoi^y of the Pacific Northwest ^ From this book he learned that in 1904 Chance Wi-
man and John Manson operated a 94 -foot steamer in the waters around Vashon and Burton^
Washington, So it appears we have a rare one here.
Some time back a non^-mernber from Butte, Montana^ vjrote Mr, Coffee claiining that
our Unidentified ff96 was from Montana, in spite of having been struck in San Francis-
co, Then later this same person found a token just like Unid, #96 but with a diff-
erent manufacturer's name on it, Wow John Nicolosi has also picked up one of these,
and we are listing it this month as Unid, #147, There’s a photo of #96 on page 622 of
Atv/ood, and you can note the small manufacturer's name at the bottom of the obverse,
Louis Crawford reports that Unidentified #129 (see red supplement) may be from
Church Point, LA, He wrote Harry McBride of that town, and learned that he was the
son of the person who operated a livery ccxnpany there, having begun the business in
1890, but he doesn't remember how long his father operated,
Mr, Coffee reported a HOLIDAY LAKES token at the bottom of Page 112 of the Aug-
ust 1974 Fare Box. Well, it seems that tlxe Plxible Company, v/ho manufacture buses,
also manufacture some sort of lockers and toJcens are used with these lockers. This
token measures 15.65mm, whereas regular 16mm tokens measure 16,48mn, This token may
have been used for tlie lockers, and not for transportation at all. So if anyone sees
any token-using lockers, please find out what kind of tokens.
A months ago a non-member reported a token made a number of years ago issued
by a long-defunct firm. However, after much searching I learned v/ho operated the
line, and learned where he still lives, wrote him, and he told me he had 5,000 of
these tokens in his basement! For now the token is "census” as far as collectors are
concerned, but we hope to get enough of these for the Hew Issues Service, with extras
for anyone else who wants them. So we do our best. But there are other times when
tokens are available only to senior citizens and the like, and then we must seek the
help of local AVA members, Occasionally--but not very often--xvhen we do this x;e get
back an ansxver saying he will get us the tokens but he wants "some tiling in trade” for
them. Well, sometiraes v;e make certain sounds v;hen we get this answer. Wouldn't it
be nice if Nicolosi demanded something in trade for every token he sends out for the
New Issues Service? So, anyway, this is one of the many reasons it takes longer than
usual to get supplies of some new issues.
In December 1974 I assigned a number for a Philadelphia token, and deliberately
skipped a number for the new SEPTA token, 750 AV, but we’re still waiting for that
one, which has been struck but not put into use yet.
There are some photographs in this issue of THE FARE BOX, and the first thing I
discovered when examining then was that Pa 985 3, which I had never seen before "in
the flesh" has "LINE." and not "LINES." as listed. It also looks like there should
be a comma after "NEW LONDON" on Wis 560 A, On Wis 980 E, there certainly is no com-
ma on the pictured token, though we have one in the description of the token in the
Catalogue. On Wis 420 D, we left some of the slash marks off the Catalogue descrip-
tion, obviously. Incidentally John Coffee v/as offered tlie 420 D but thought, from
the description given him, tliat it was 420 C, X7hich he ovmed, so he turned it dovm,
Dan DiMichael then grabbed it, and it turned out to be a different token and John
still needs it! All of which emphasizes hov; very important it is for us to have a
rubbing or photograph before listing a token. It is so easy to get a description
wrong.
it ^ it
= FARES CUT IN UTAH =
The Utah Transit Authority has cut fares in Salt Lake City from 25^ to 15^, el-
iminated the charge for transfers and removed extra-zone fares. Fare for children,
elderly and handicapped, v;ill be only 10$. This seems indicative of an intelligent
national trend to woo people back to transit. In Boston the subway fare is now only
10$ betv/een 10 a.m. and 2 p.m, daily and all day Sunday. In Utah, however, many now
are demanding no fares at all, and support is expanding for that.
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FEBRUARY SUPPLEMENT TO THE CATALOGUE OF WORLD TRANSPORTATION TOKENS =
By Kenneth E, Smith
HUNGARY
Budapest 100 (Reported by Kenneth Smith)
(VIEW OF THE FOUR-TOWER SUSPENSION BRIDGE VJITH PICTURE OF
BOAT WITH OARSMAN ROWING IN FOREGROUND)
(blank) (26mm)
BUDAPESTI LANCHID 1866 (TEN-POINTED STAR IN CENTER)
(blank)
(VIEW OF TEE TUNNEL ENTRANCE TO THE BUDAPESTI ALAGUT)
(blank) (28x27mm) (clipped corners)
(This token was used by the Budapest! Alagut before they used 100 RB-RE,
and concurrently with 100 RA.)
QRo Bz Sq Sd
QSo K 28 Ch
QTo Bz Ob Sd
$ 5.00
5.00
5.00
GERMNY
Allenstein 35 (now Olsztyn, Poland) (Reported by K. Smith)
STRASSENBAHIJ ALLENSTEIN ( STREETCAR )( rounded edges)
B o B Ob Sd Giiltig Fiir Stadt-Beamte (21xl8mm) 1.00
Eisenach 305 (Reported by John Nicolosi)
STRASSENBAHI'I EISENACH (STREETCAR)
D o Z Oc Sd Beamten=I'larke (21ram) 1.00
Halberstadt 375 (Reported by Yosef Sa'ar)
STRASSENBAHIJ HALBERSTADT (SHIELD)
N o S Sq Ch Fahrmarke giltig fur eine Fahrt (22mm) .50
0 0 A Sq Sd ” ” .50
Hildesheim LlO (Reported by J, Nicolosi)
STRASSENBAHN HILDESHEIM
L o A Sq Sd (same as obverse )(20inm) 1.00
Ship Money 909 (Reported by Nicolosi)
KAIJTINE PANZERSCHIFF "ADMIRAL SCHEER"
G o A
Oc Sd
200
(29mm)
.50
H o A
33 Sd
200
.50
KANTINE
SCHLACHTSCHIFF "GNEISENAU"
I 0 A
Oc Sd
100
(25mm)
.50
KANTINE
KRSUZER KARLSRUHE
J o A
21 Sd
50
.50
ITALY
Bergamo 80
(Reported
by G. Fritz)
AZIENDA
MUNICIPALE FUWICOLARI E TRAl/WIE BERGAMO (ARMS)
B o A
18 Sd
Buono per Servizio Funi-Tranviario
20
1.00
C o A
2k Sd
fl
II ft ft ft
80
1.00
TURKEY
Istanbul LOO
TUNEL ASKER
R o Bz
o
CM
(same as obverse)
.50
Remember, when you report new discoveries, in addition to giving the exact wording,
spelling, and punctuation, to send rubbings or photographs. This is essential to in-
sure acciurate listings. Please keep the listings coming.
KENNETH E. SMITH - 328 AVENUE F - REDONDO BEACH, CA 90277
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AUCTION: AZ 840 B; CA 395 C D E, 445 D, 630 D E, 705 A, 835 F, 985 Aj CO 860 D; FL
380 E; MD 60 I O; MI 30 A, 775 A; NE 700 M N 0; NY 10 H, 25 C, 630 AS? OH 995 C; PA
495 I, 675 C; m 720 A, 880 Af m 100 C 11-, Alta 800 B.
Joseph M. Canfield - Av. Franklin Roosevelt 110 - B-1Q50, Brussels, Belgium
WANTED; Colo 340 C, 460 B; CT 560 B; Fla 520 C, 860 B, 880 J. Will pay” 8 times cat.
or will trade. Send me your trade list. FOR SALE; ILL 785 A, $3.00.
W,G. Garrison ;;; 9505 Normandy Ave. Morton Grove, IL 60053
ALASKA BOOSTERS ASSOCIATION 1962 $1 trade token gilt unc. 39mm Gould No, 1, Page 161,
will trade for 20 diff. cominon ivorld coins and/or tokens.
Dan Rusnak Box 327 - Sparks, NV 89431
I WOULD LIKE to exchange want-lists. I have over 1,200 I'll part with, I need some
cominon tokens. Example AL 820 A; IL 70 K, 250 J, 720 I; MI 60 G, 530 J, and a lot
more, - John L, Trembley - Box 37 - Marina, CA 93933
AUCTICftJ; Argentina 160 C; Australia 480 CZ; England 500 BK, 560 AIC, 715 BK; Germany
740 T AR; Iran 750 K; Turkey 400 H; Scotland 420 CE.
Wayne A, Coleman - Box 431 - Boulder, CO 80302
TRADE; Wis 170 D, 600 C, 700 E, 940 A. If no trade, then to highest bidder.
Joe Pernicano - 53 Sonia Lane - Broomall , PA 19008
FOR SALE PLUS POSTAGE; (all Misc. 1000 series) Alas A B C D 25<: ea; Ark A 25<:; Cal P
25<:, W 35<:, X 25<:, Y SO*?; Ind A B 25<: ea; Me A 25<:, B 40<:; Mass A 35«; NH A B 25<‘ ea.
NJ A 35t, B 25<?; SC A B 25<J: ea; Tenn A B 25<? ea; Tex J 25'?; Va A B C D 25<f ea; Vt A
25<:; Vir Is. A B 25'? ea; C 35<:; Br.Col B 25<:; Also these. Mass 970 E 35<:; HC 150 A
40<:; RI 700 J 50<?; Ont 900 F 45'?.
J.G. Nicolosi ;;; 3002 Galindo St. ;; Oakland, CA 94601
AUCTION; Wis 3410 B, 3510 AE. As verbally stated by the manager, their supply of
3410 B was destroyed, being irritated by the great number of collector requests.
A.H, Erickson - 629 Riverside Drive - Madison, W1 53704
FOR SALE; MISS 460 K and L, both $1.00 postpaid.
Ralph W. Winant ;; 500 W. Summit Ave. ; Wilmington, DE 19804
DATE NAILS; wanted to buy or trade. Have many dupes. Send nails typical of those
in your area especially if you v;ant to sell them or trade them for TT's. Include a
copy of your TT v/ant-list. otherwise send a description of your nails.
George Van Trump - P.O. Box 656, Edgenont Br. - Golden, CO 80401
PARKING TOKEN FOR SALE OR TRADE; 312 different, 177 25<? and over. Send your want-
lists and SAE, Also have 42 key tokens for trade only. Send list and SAE,
Harold E. Mayland 152 Parkview Dr. - Union, NJ 07083
FOR BEST CASH OFFER; NEW MEXICO 430 A.
Neil Sowards ^ 548 Home Ave, Fort Wayne, IN 46807
",IANTED; NEW JERSEY PARICING TOKENS, will pay as follows; 3220 B $2.50, 3440 A $5.50,
3700 A $5.50, 3885 D $3, 3985 A $1.50. I also need N.J. transp, token 605 A and will
pay $25 for one in nice condition.
Bob Slawsky ;; P.O. Box 423 2 Rockaway, NJ 07866
1 WANT MAINE 550 A, and am willing to negotiate the price with anyone who has one.
Joel J. Reznick - c/o Freehling & Co., 120 So. LaSalle St. - Chicago, IL 60603
WILL TRADE 5 DIFF. TRANSP. TOIJiNS FOR YOUR 5 DIFF. TRANSP. TOKENS.
Linda Biarum — 2250 5, 204th, Sp. 30 — Seattle, WA 98188
FREMONT (CA)', City of Fremont, Central Park, admit one.. Album Ala 32-A, only 75'? +
SAE. = Bill Williges ;; Box 445 VJheatland, CA 95692
FOR SALE; ND 60 B, 2 vars., ND 60 C, Capitol City Bus Lines Inc. Student Ride Ticket
6 Rides 50'? numbered unused. Capitol City Bus Lines, schedule card. SD 480 A, plus
2 misc. tokens. All for $3 postpaid.
George W. Niederauer - 603 West First Ave. - Miller, SD 57362
UNITED KIN(2)0M transport tokens available from North of England & Scotland, 70 diff.
$10.00, or South of England & Wales, 65 diff. $10.00, Postpaid ship mail, one month.
Donald Capper - 14 Acresfield Ave., Audenshaw Manchester ,M34, ENGLAND
STILL HAVE A.V.A. DECALS at 20*? each or 5 for $1 plus small stamped envelope.
R.K. Frisbee ^ 211 King St. ;;; Denver, CO 80219
WILL PAY llX CAT. FOR TEXAS TOKENS I NEED: 30 C, 135 B,C, 145 C K, 255 L, 320 A,D,
340 C D, 445 F G H, 465 A, 530 A, 710 A, 770 B C, 340 B, 890 B. 1 also wish to pur-
chase any Texas trade tokens. =» Charlie Berger - 222 Terlingua - Portland, TX 78374
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FOR SALE: NY 630 AH 25<?, AO 30<?, AO 25<t:, as 40'?, 630 C 40<?, H 40'f, Q 25'?, T 25<:, &
U 70<?, plus a 10*? stamp for each two ordered,
L.H, Betts 114-15 H.Y, Blvd, ^ Jamaica, NY 11437
NEED: Alberta 800 C; Wash 5 F, 80 A B, 100 A, 230 A B, 250 A C D,' 300 Aa, 340 A B,
590 A B, 690 A, 710 A B, 780 A, 840 A I, 880 K, 920 E. Name your price (within reas-
on), = Bill Coleman - P.o, Box 88724 - Tukwila, WA 98188
S.C, WANTED; 110 A, 450 E, 490 B C, 080 B, 998 A, 3840 B. TRADE; NY 631 T; CA 435 B,
3450 AD; OH 3030 A; Ala 560 H; Wash 780 W; Ind 3660 A, Have otlier tokens,
Joe Studebaker _ 2614 Legare St, - Beaufort, SC 29902
FOR SALE: 111 150 Z 55<;; Me 710 A 95<:; Mass 135 C 75'?, 115 L 40<?, 825 A 40<?; Mo 910 D
40<'; Pa 750 AA 30<?, AH 35'?, AR 35'?; VAra 850 A 35<?; RI 700 G H 50<? ea; Wyo 120 J 50<?;
Pa 840 E F G H 40<: ea, 850 C 25-?; NY 630 AD SO*?, 995 A SS*?; NJ 15 B 50*?, 115 Ga 35'?,
55 C D 35<? ea, 885 B 40?; Italy telephone token $1, Also Johnson fare boxes and trol-
ley items. SAE for list. Please include postage for tokens ordered.
Kevin T, Farrell - 28 Woods Ave, Somerville, MA 02144
FLORIDA NEEDED: Send these parking tokens, 3050 A B Ca Cb D E (all or any part).
Trade you coins you need, or bulk silver. Also will buy, if you want to sell,
A, Corson - Box 38-261 - Miami, FL 33138
TRADE: Franklin Mint antique car coin collection, series two, 25 diff. antique cars
featured 1901-25. Will trade for best offer on TT*s I can use for trading or I col-
lect military, balloon, or Zepjpelin and Good For items.
Gary Ascher - 506 North L Sparta, WI 54656
I'JANT TO BUY; Ark 105 A, 190 A, 285 ABC, 450 A C, 480 AGJKLOST, 885 C D E F
G, You price please. = Walt Hinkle - 526 North 36th - Ft. Smith, AR 72901
Two Cal 105 A, one NY 630 AR, for best offer Saloon or Missouri merchant tokens.
Littlefield 4841 Hannover ;; St, Louis, MO 63123
TRADE: one only, Tex 255 Q in PNCover, postmarked Aug, 16, 1970, will trade for a
Wash 730 U; CO 260 P; Pa 445 C; NY 630 AR; CA 105 A, or MN 540 AG.
Greg Prgomet - P.O. Box 87 2 Greensburg, PA 15601
AUCTION; VT 150 B C D E F G. Minimum bid 5x cat, I'Jhere applicable token will go for
10% above 2nd high bid, SAE will bring you my latest fixed price list.
Paul Targonsky - 23 Harrison Street - Meriden, CT 06450
COLLECTORS! We've been selling about 1,000 tokens a month in our mail auctions. Get
the next bid list for a stamp, s Paul Cunningham - Box 1 - Tecumseh, MI 49286
TRADE; Iowa 600 E. 1 have a number of extras and will trade one each for any other
Iowa TT or trade token. Incidentally this company (City Transit Inc.) discontinued
city bus operations a couple yeirs ago.
Robert J, Levis - 419 S. Hackett Rd. ;; Waterloo, lA 50701
FIRST SUPPLEMENT TO CATALOGUE OF CALIFORNIA TRADE TOKENS, over 3,000 new listings,
north S south. Pre-publication price: $4.50 ($5.50 after April 15). Order now and
help me pay the printer!
Stephen Album - P.O. Box 4039 Berkeley, CA 94704
GREAT RESPONSE on personals. Keep 'em coming. One for one +SAE, or Indian cent.
Also need Calif 320 F G I, will buy, trade, or name your deal.
Sol Halpern - 1032 N. Screenland Dr. - Burbank, CA 91505
WISH TO TRADE MY PERSONAL token for yours. Also for sale: Minn 230 I 50?, M 75?,
+ 10? stamp. = Elmer Sabol ;;; Route 3, Box 18A Warren, MN 56762
MY P.T. TRADE LIST FOR YOURS. « Gordon Ttold - R #1, Box 189 - Princeton, MN 55371
MAIL AUCTION: Ala 40 B, 750 B; Alas 190 A; Aris 1000 E; Ark 435 A B; Cal 715 C; Col
540 D; Conn 30 A, 320 A; Ga 630 B, 765 A; 111 155 B, 135 C, 385 A; Ind 280 A, 650 C;
Minn 50 O, 510 A, 540 AE, 620 B, 730 C; Miss 500 C; Mo 140 A; Ohio 10 M.
Roice V. Rider ^ 1523 Bailey St. - Lansing, MI 48910
CATALOGUE OF NORLD TRANSPORTATION TOKENS AND PASSES (except North America), first ed.
1967, price $5 either bound or unbound. Order directly from;
Kenneth E. Smith 328 Avenue F Redondo Beach, CA 90277
FEISEL'S CATALOGUE OF PARKING TOKENS OF THE WORW, 2nd ed., 264 pages, available
cloth-bound or loose-leaf (pages only). Price $8 postpaid to members ($10 to others).
Duane H. Feisel P.O, Box 1302 - Los Altos, CA 94022
= ALL AUCTlOhlS IH THIS ISSUE CLOSE MARCH 31 =
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= THIRD AUCTION OF TOKENS FROM THE ATKINS COLLECTION =
This auction consists entiveiy of tokens oataZogued at 50<r and up in the Atwood Cat-
alogue j and continues from the pnevious auction which appeared in the Decerrber issue.
Tokens are all in decent condition unless othenn-se indicated^ hut purchasers may re-
turn any tokens for refund. Send all bids directly to the Editor^ and please have
them here no later than Ihrch 31. Please hid by lot number^ and not by Atioood number.
JOHN M. COFFEE^ JB.
P.O. BOX 1204 - BOSTON^ M 02104
1
Ohio
230
H
2
Ohio
230
M
3
Ohio
440
B
4
Ohio
440
D
5
Ohio
450
D
6
Ohio
475
D
7
Ohio
505
A
8
Ohio
520
B
9
Ohio
520
C
10
Ohio
520
D
1 1
Ohio
535
D
12
Ohio
745
B
13
Ohio
745
D
' 14
Ohio
745
E
15
Ohio
750
A
16
Okla
380
B
17
Okla
610
A
18
Okla
610
B
19
Okla
640
A
20 Ore 20 B
21 Ore 20 C
22 Ore 80 A
23 Ore 100 B
24 Ore 130 A
25 Ore 130 D
26 Ore 700 A
27 Ore 700 B
28 Ore 970 A
29 Pa ISC
30 Pa 15 D
31 Pa 15 F
32 Pa 65 A
holed
33 Pa 150 A
34 Pa 150 B
35 Pa 165 C
36 Pa 165 E
37 Pa 195 A
not so Ijot
38 Pa 195 D
discolored
39 Pa 280 B
40 Pa 295 A
41 Pa 295 B
42 Pa 295 C
43 Pa 320 A
44 Pa 340 E
45 Pa 445 C
46 Pa 458 A
47
Pa
470
A
48
Pa
490
A
49
Pa
495
A
50
Pa
495
F
51
Pa
495
G
'52
Pa
495
H
53
Pa
495
J
54
Pa
515
B
55
Pa
590
C
56
Pa
605
Bb
57
Pa
605
D
58
Pa
645
A
59
Pa
725
H
d
SCO 1 ored
60
Pa
745
B
61
Pa
750
A
62
Pa
750
K
63
Pa
750
0
64
Pa
750
P
65
Pa
750
Z
66
Pa
750
AC
67
Pa
750
AD
68
Pa
750
AE
69
Pa
750
AT
70
Pa
750
AU
71
Pa
765
1
72
Pa
765
J
73
Pa
765
Q
74
Pa
765
R
75
Pa
770
B
76
Pa
815
A
77
Presentat i(
on
Piece
78
Pa
840
A
79
Pa
860
A
80
Pa
965
C
81
Pa
975
A
82
Pa
985
C
83
Pa
997
A t
hru
J
set
of
10)
84
Pa
997
M N
0
(set of 3)
85 Pa 1000 B
86 Pa 1000 C
87 Rl 520 K
88 Rl 520 L
89 Rl 700 A
90 Rl 700 B
91 Rl 700 C
92 SC 240 C
93 SC 310 B
94 SC 450 B
95 SC 490 B
96 SC 490 C
97 SC 830 Aa
98 SC 880 Ab
99 SC 880 B
100 SD 100 A
101 SD 260 A
102 SD 260 B
103 SD 680 B
104 SD 760 A
105 so 840 F
106 SD 950 A
relisted as
Neb 820 B
107
SD 1
000 (
108
Tenn
75
1
109
Tenn
215
B
1 10
Tenn
345
B
1 1 1
Tenn
345
D
1 12
Tenn
375
A
1 13
Tenn
375
B
114
Tenn
375
C
1 15
Tenn
375
D
d i scolored
i 16
Tenn
400
A
117
Tenn
430
A
1 18
Tenn
430
B
119
Tenn
430
Gb
120
Tenn
430
H
121
Tenn
600
B
122
Tenn
600
N
123
Tenn
710
8
124
Tex
60 A
125
Tex
65 G
126
T ex
65 H
127
Tex
145 ,
A
128
Tex
145
B
129
Tex
255
N
130
Tex
255
0
131
Tex
275
A
132
Tex
340
B
133
Tex
360
A
134
Tex
360
B
135
Tex
360
E
136
Tex
445
1
137
Tex
445
J
138 Tex 565 A
139 Tex 890 A
140 Tex 985 C
141 Utah 125 A
142 Utah 400 C
143 Utah 800 A
144 Vt 60 A
145 Vt 150 A
146 Vt 150 C
147 Vt 150 D
148 Vt 150 E
149 Vt 520 A
150 Vt 595 A
151 Vt 595 B
I 52 Va 20 C
153 Va 65 B
154 Va 80 A
155 Va 530 A
156 Va 620 A
157 Va 620 B
158 Va 620 C
159 Va 620 H
160 Va 620 I
161 Va 620 K
162 Va 620 L
d I sectored
163 Va 620 N
d i sectored
164 Va 620 S
165 Va 720 A
166 Va 720 B
1 67 Va 720 C
168 Va 730 E
169 Va 775 A
170 Va 820 A
17! Wash 5 A
172 Wash 10 A
173 Wash 10 C
174 Wash 80 C
d i sec I ored
175 Wash 250 F
d i sec I ored
176 Wash 340 B
177 Wash 690 C
178 Wash 720 A
179 Wash 745 A
180 Wash 755 A
181 Wash 780 U
182 Wash 840 A
183
Wash 860 A
184
Wash 860 B
185
Wash 880 A
186
Wash 970 A
187
Wash 1000 A
188
WVa
200
A
189
WVa
200
F
190
WVa
290
H
19!
WVa
830
E
192
Wis
95 1
193
Wis
170
B
194
Wis
170
C
195
Wis
170
D
196
W i s
220
E
197
Wis
330
A
198
Wis
360
A
199
Wis
410
F
200
Wis
510
D
20!
Wis
510
F
202
Wis
510
G
203
Wis
510
K
204
Wi s
700
B
205
Wis
700
E
206
Wis
790
A
207
Wis
790
G
208
Wis
870
A
d 1 scol ored
209
Wis
870
B
210
W i s
940
A
21 1
Wis
980
A
212
Wis
1000 A
213
Wyo
100
0
214
Wyo
100
G
d i scol ored
215
Wyo
100
1
216
Wyo
100
J
217
Wyo
120
E
218
Wyo
150
B
219
Wyo
480
A
220
Wyo
750
A
221 DC 500 A
222 DC 500 B
223 DC 500 D
224 DC 500 E
225 DC 500 G
226 DC 500 H
227 DC 500 la
228 DC 500 lb
229 DC 500 J
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AUCTION: Kans 40 A D, 150 A C, 250 B D E, 290 A, 450 A B C E F G, 480 A~"b"c D," 540”"
A B C E, 550 BCD, 600 C D E, 690 A B, 800 A, 820 A B C D F G H I J K L M N, 970 B
C Ea Eb F G H J K, 980 A B C; Iowa 910 Bj 111 795 C; Mo 640 A (blank reverse); Ind 90
A; Ky 510 O; Md 300 A; NY 905 D F; Ohio 165 N. Books, two copies of FARES PLEASE by
J.A. Miller, botii reprints, one paperback, one hardback, (paid)
Lee Schn-maphf»r - 10609 Eastern ;; ICansas City# MO 64134
HAVE UNLISTED v/ooden TT & PT issues to trade for any of the following PT issues rec-
ently issued that I need; IL 3150 CK CL CHi CO; lA 3300 H; KY 3190 B, 3510 F; LA
3000 J; III 3265 Aa, 3930 E; MS 3360 A, 3620 B; OH 3165 Lg O; PA 3463 Be, 3487 Ab,
3507 Aa; TX 3255 Ph; 3340 Al, 3565 Al; VA 3500 A; MSPT 3069 B.
Harold V, Ford - 6641 Saroni Drive 2 Oakland, CA 94611
AnJOOD’S CATALOGUE OF V.S, & CAifADIAN TRANSPORTATION TOKENS f 3rd edition 1970, 731
pages profusely illustrated. Bound in genuine red buckran (also available in loose-
leaf form, same price) retail price $10, Special AVA member price, $7,50 postpaid.
SUPPLEMENT 1973 to the Atv/ood Catalogue, 40 pages cardboard cover, updates the Atwood
thru May 1973, Price $1,50 postpaid.
CAR WASH TOKENS by H.V. Ford & J.M, Coffee, 120 pages, 120 pages, 1974, cloth-bound,
retail price $7,50. AVA member price, $4.50 postpaid.
SUPPLEMENT to REAL ESTATE TOKENS, an 8-page mimeographed supplement listing large
number of nev; discoveries of real estate tokens (all metal) , free to purchasers of
the original book, for a long stamped envelope.
American Vecturist Assn. - P.O. Box 1204 _- Boston, MA 02104
= APPLICATIONS FOR MEfiBERSHIP =
1519 RICHARD A. HYDE - 10892 ARROYO AVENUE - SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA 92705
Age 58; Manufacturer's Representative. Collects U.S, (CoiJ^ae)
1520 GARY RICHARD ENSMAN - 4000 NORTH RIDGE WEST - ASHTABULA, OHIO 44004
Age 35; Electrician. Collects U.S. {Sdiubejvt)
1521 JXELYN WEINBERG - 18700 WALKERS CHOICE ROAD, APT. 704 - GAITHERSBURG, MD 20760
Age 28; Computer Analyst, Collects U.S. (Co^^ec)
1522 BILL V. WHALEN - 4832 HAMER DRIVE - PLACENTIA, CALIFORNIA 92670
Age 49; Insurance Claims. Collects U.S., Canada, foreign. (Co^fjee)
1523 JOHN M. HOFFmNN - 200 DOUCET ROAD, #108 - LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA 70501
Age 39; Petroleum Engineer. Collects U.S. {S<Lit 0 A.]
1524 SOPHIE SCHAPPI - 3139 BERNICE ROAD, APT. 2 - LANSING, ILLINOIS 60438-
Age 64; Retired. Collects U.S. [RidzA.)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS (* indicates contribution to Address Plate Fund)
* Douglas G. Borden - P.O. Box 15 - Pittsford, New York 14534
REINSTATEMENTS TO MEMBERSHIP
1249 Bennett D. Arnold - 253 Main Street - Slatington, Pennsylvania 18080
1217 George J. Hakes, Sr. - Box 759, Star Route 1 - Waldo, Florida 32694
RESIGNATION FROM MEMBERSHIP: 1443 George L. Bamum
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separate sheet, or a postcard, with name G address, and send it to the Editor, and it
will be published in the next issue after it gets here. You may have up to 6 lines in
every issue if you wish ^only 3 lines if your ad is chiefly numbers G letters, though)
If you run an auction, hot/ever, it must not contain any token catalogued under 354 in
any Catalogue, nor should it contain tokens in current use regardless of value. Per-
sonal tokens of living metribers may not be auctioned, but personals of deceased mem-
bers are OK for auction. If ad runs over 6 lines it will be cut to 6 lines unless it
is stated right on the sheet that you're grilling to pay 354 per line for the extras.
Please list tokens by states in alphabetical order and don' t skip around.
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Volume 29, Number 3 - MARCH, 1975 - Our 333rd Issue
April 2. Successful bidders in the 3rd Atkins Auction will be notified in about
a week. It has been a trying and taxing time lately for your Editor , so please be
patient on the auction. On running such a series of long auctions, my chief comment
is, "Never again! " I'll run the list of Prices Realized in the next (April) issue of
THE FARE BOX, and also a final 4th Auction. Unsold stuff will be available for dir-
ect fixed price sale at the AVA Convention in Los Angeles.
The hugely inflated cost of printing means that the r st of reprinting the 3rd
Edition of the Atwood Catalogue is going to be a lot higher than we had figured. VJe
printed 3,000 copies of our great catalogue, and are down to about 300 unsold copies
left. So we shall soon have to reprint, and we'll have to use cheaper paper and
binding, but still it will be quality v7ork. Meanwhile a Second Supplement, with pic-
tures and cloth-bound, is now in the planning stages. Meanwhile, it is necessary to
raise the regular retail price of the Atwood Catalogue to $12.00 from its present
$10. The A.V.A, member price will remain at $7:50 until June 1, 1975. After that
date, the AVA member price will be $8 postpaid. The extra 50*? will help pay for the
Jiffy mailing bag (20<:) and the 42<: postage fee.. So if you want an extra one for
$7.50, order before June 1. However, to encourage new applicants, we shall continue
to sell one— and only one-— copy to a new applicant for $7,50 if he purchases it at
the time he joins. So, to sxim up, retail price is $12, in effect immediately. Mem-
ber price will be $8 after June 1. New applicant price (one copy only) remains $7.50.
Our friend George Wyatt, of Lunenburg, Mass. , reports that he will be in hospi-
tal for a while longer, and this v^ill explain why he has been unable to answer let-
ters. He promises to take care of all correspondence as soon as possible.
Our Secretary, Don Mazeau (9 Settlers Lane - Clinton, CT 06413) writes that he
has sold 16 of those 26 mint condition copies of the 1963 edition of the Atwood Cat-
alogue. We’d like to move the remaining ten coi3ies, and if you want one you may
have it for only $2,00 + 34'? postage.
The new membership roster for 1975 is in preparation by Bob & Anna Butler, and
copies will be mailed to members before summer .
In our next issue I hope to run a Supplement to the listing of Personal Tokens.
I still have a handful of copies of the basic catalogue of these tokens available for
a dollar postpaid if anyone wants one.
The Editor has some old picture sheets from issues of TEIE FARE BOX in years back.
send a couple sheets to anyone who wants them for 25^ +SAE. Nice pictures, and
most of them are not in the Atwood Catalogue,
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* IT*S THE THINGS WE LEARN AFTER WE KNOW IT ALL THAT REALLY COUNT! =
In the past President's Messages I usually started it by saying ”It's The Tokens
And a Lot More." And yet these two thoughts go hand in hand. For the past several
months I had to burn a lot of midnight oil to take a refresher course in chemistry
and logarithms. Somehow after more years than I'd like to admit to, it was much
more than refreshing.
I also must admit that during this I tried to keep up with ray correspondence,
and also keep up with the happenings in AVA. However there may be some letters that
I failed to answer. I hope that all those collectors will forgive me. My desk is
still piled high and in the near future I hope to get to the bottom of that pile.
In thinking back over the past several months and reviewing our FARE BOX, I am really
proud of it. John is doing a TERRIFIC job on it, those descriptive articles, PLUS
all the photos of rare and exotic tokens, and in the latest issue I really enjoyed
the article on rejuvenating corroded zinc tokens. Maybe I shouldn't isolate just
those two examples, but many of the members that I know, know that I believe in clean-
ing tokens, and I am quite active in the photographic part of the hobby.
To the many members who write me about the inflated prices on tokens, let me
assure everyone I don't set them. Just view the prices realized in the last F.B.
Wow!
In reading Bob Ritterband’s report on the plans of the upcoming convention, I
really urge you all to try to attend. Here you get to meet a good number of active
collectors, plus the fact that Bob and his group are going all out to put on a show
that you'll never forget.
In closing, just a reminder that I still have many of the 1973 A.V.A. Convention
Tour tokens, price only $2 each +SAE - 870 So. Hudson St. - Denver, CO 80222.
Till later, the best of everything to you all!
- Syd Joseph
= THE "LINCOLN TRAIN" TOKENS OF GETTYSBURG, PA. =
In the June 1974 Fare Box, we reported an Unidentified token, Bz 32 Sd, inscribed
"LINCOLN TRAIN" on obverse, with blank reverse, and asked if anyone knew anything
about it. G.L. Goeller Jr. of Baltimore has solved the mystery. The item is not a
transportation token at all.
In Gettysburg a replica of the old Civil War era railroad station has been built,
it is not the original station, and its location is different from the original sta-
tion. But it does look somewhat like the original. Inside this building they have
model trains on display with some operating layouts, lots of pictures, and, as their
star attraction, an imitation of one of the ra 1 1 road' cars used on the train that took
Lincoln from Washington to Gettysburg In November, 1863, to deliver the Gettysburg
Address. Admission to this car is by means of the bronze token, inserted Into a
turnst Me.
Once inside the car. . .wel I , I yield to Mr. Goel ler* s descr i pt ion :
"Inside the vaiXroad museum a reptioa of a passenger aoaah of the era has been
built, no wheels, and inside are very unaomfortahle seats with a movie screen in one
end. As the movie (Abe Lincoln* s riAe from Hanover Jot., Pa,, to Gettysburg) is
shown on the screen the mock-up passenger coach sways, bounces, and leans, giving you
the sensation of movement. The tokens are used for entrance thru the turnstile to
the museum. The cashier said that no tokens are available for collectors."
Frankly, I rather doubt that we'd want any of them anyway.
The EcUton. j(i6t Aece^ued a AubbZng a itAongvi. Anybody knoM njhat bt bi?
PIKE A.M.G. 4IWCUSE)
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= NORM SHERMAN COLLECTION SOLD TO PAUL CUNNINGHAM =
Norm Sherman, of Santa Barbara, Calif., was the only person in world history to
build a complete collection of all transportation tokens known to exist with pictures
of horsecars on them. He had them all, major & minor varieties alike, unpunched er-
rors, patterns, the whole works. It was a magnificent accomplishment, and it took
him a lot of years and a lot of trouble. In addition to the actual collection. Norm
had about 130 duplicates of horsecar tokens, including some of the rarest of the rare.
He also had a number of other rarities, including several unlisted depotel tokens.
All of this magnificent accumulation of transportation tokens has now been sold to
Paul Cunningham (P.O. Box 1 - Tecumseh, MI 49286) .
Paul says he will sell the tokens individually, at fixed prices. Interested col-
lectors who would like a list of the tokens, and prices they would have to pay to own
them, are invited to write directly to Paul. A stamped envelope with 20^ is reques-
ted, as the list is quite bulky. There are a lot of tokens.
Norm's magnificent collection of California trade tokens was sold to Duane H.
Feisel of Los Altos, CA.
*****
= TIMETABLE TOKEN OF THE REPUBLICAN VALLEY BUS LINE =
In this month’s Catalogue Supplement, Timetable AD is listed, a blue plastic
3dmm token from Nebraska. Five hundred of these tokens were made, and of these 180
have been graciously given to the A.V.A,
Therefore, any A.V.A. member who would like one may have it for 15P in coin or
stamps (commemoratives would be especially appreciated , but not necessary j plus a
stamped addressed envelope. Proceeds will go to The Fare Box financial fund. Order
directly from the Editor of THE FARE BOX.
*****
= DROPPED FOR NON-PAYMENT OF DUES =
We have lost fewer members this year for non-payment of dues than in any recent
year, in spite of the increase, and this is gratifying. We also expect several of
those ex-members who have so far not paid, to pay up yet. Nevertheless it often gets
things improved to run a list of those who (so far) haven't paid 1975 dues and who,
therefore, won't be getting this issue. If you know any of them, why not drop him a
line and tell him we want him back with us? Here is the list;
Alspaugh, Baldwin, Becker, Bezark, Bingaman, Bridges, Brister, Cashdollar, Cline,
Conner, Cupler, DeSantis, Dixon, Dorchuck, Dunn, Durant, Fi inn, Gould, Grundish, Haney
Hann, Harrington, Hayes, Holder, Holladay, Holt, Horwitz, Kligge, Kobetitsch, Kopka,
Kronmiller, Lesser, Leventha I , Lichtanski, Marquis, McKienzie, Mercher, Millard, R.F.
Miller, R.G, Miller, B. Moore, R. Moore, O'Hara, Painter, Perkins, Picton, Raby,
Racioppo, Raisch, Rakoske, Raskin, Reel, Riley, Roberts, Rosen, Ruddell, Schwickrath,
W.D. Smith, Schma I (resigned), Sf^mod, Soots, Spalding, Spillane, H.L. Stewart, Svob-
odny, Symons,? Trail, L.R, White, Whitney, G.E. Williams, R, Williamson, Willis, Wright
Yowe 1 1 .
= THE LEAGUE ISLAND FERRY OF PHILADELPHIA =
This ferry, which is named the "Polaris" and carries an average of 600 passengers a
day, ceased service in 1974 when a storm damaged its landing pier. However, service
resumed December 10, 1974, using an emergency pier. A new landing is under construc-
tion, and until then service is somewhat curtailed, though still going. The boat op-
erates from League Island to Red Bank, N.J. (not National City as mentioned in Atwood)
The ferry uses the token listed as Pa 750 AS.
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= A NEITLY DISCOVERED MERRY-GO-ROUND TOKEN FROM WISCONSIN =
Gerald Johnson has sent the Editor a rubbing of an interesting unlisted token
from Gillett, Wis., described thus:
GOOD FOR / ONE RIDE / GILLETT / ADVAIKTEMENT ASS'n
A 30 Sd (blank)
When Gerald found this token, he wrote the Gillett Civic Club in Gillett, WI, hoping
that they could tell him about the token. Their letter, telling about how the token
was used, runs as follows;
"This is in regards to your inquiry concerning the aluminum token you have from
the Gillett Advancement Association. I have looked into the situation and can submit
the following report:
"The Gillett Advancement Association vras a corporation set up early in the 1900's
by some of the early businessmen of this city. About 1915 (estimated only) this org-
anization purchased a steam-operated merry-go-round for use at the City Park. During
its operation of this merry-go-round from about 1915 to 1928 or 1929, they sold rides
on it sometimes using this aluminum token. It i/as a 5<J token good for a 5(J ride.
"This merry-go-round continued until 1928 or 1929 when an accident occured on it
involving a young girl. She apparently sued the organization and the city for damag-
es, thereby causing the demise of both the organization and the merry-go-round .
"It is said that the lumber from this merry-go-round was used to put up one of
the present buildings in the same City Park used for concessions during differest
festivities during the year...
"Wishing you best wishes from a Nice Toim, I remain. .. (etc.)"
The token will be given a regular listing in the April Catalogue Supplement.
*****
= A pr(x:edure for rejuvenating rusted steel tokens =
By William Crawford
Editor ^8 Note: In last month's issue Bill Crawford (on page 20) told us how to
restore corroded zinc tokens. Since then he has tackled the more difficult problem of
rusted steel tokens^ and he has now discovered how these, also, can be restored. He
sent along pictures of "before" and "after," and the results with the tokens are gust
as good as they were with the zinc tokens shown in photos in the February issue,
A chemical grocess has been discovered which does an excellent job of restoring
rusted steel tokens. As with last month’s procedure for zincs, the chemicals and va-
pors involved are dangerous, and should be used \tfith extreme care. An added problem
is that this procedure involves use of a proprietary additive which may be difficult
to procure. Anyway, the results are gratifying, so here it is;
Mix a solution of 50% volume concentrated hydrochloric acid, 2% Rodine [Rodine
#50, Pickling Acid Inhibitor, Arachem (American Chemical Paint Co.)], and the balance
water.
Heat and maintain the solution at 130-150° F, and add rusted tokens. Flip tok-
ens over frequently to expose new surface to the chemical. Remove tokens after app-
roximately two minutes and rinse in water. If not thoroughly cleaned, try again.
This solution preferentially attacks the iron oxide (rust) , but does attack the met-
allic token as well. Thus extreme care to prevent over exposure is warranted.
Although other inhibitors would probably suffice, my experience is with Rodine
#50, which works very well.
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- PLAN NOW TO ATTEND THE LOS ANGELES CONi/ENTJON: AUGUST 15-17 -
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= THE NEXT A.V.A. CONVENTION
By Robert M. Ritterband
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Last month THE FARE BOX included some information on the 25th Annual A.V.A. Con-
vention at Los Angeles, The dates, which all members should be saving, are Friday
thru Sunday, August 15-17, i975. The convention host will be the California Associa-
tion of Token collectors, and here are additional details about what might easily be-
come the largest gathering in A.V.A. history.
The convention site is the Ramada Inn, 9620 Airport Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045,
and their phone number is (213) 670-1600, This place is less than a mile from the Los
Angeles international Airport, with free limousine service at all hours. Also it is
only a short block from the Marrioft Hotel, where the American Numismatic Association
wilt hold their huge gathering just two days after our main events are finished. The
Token & Medal Society will also meet during the latter gathering, along with several
other col lectors' groups.
Rooms at the Ramada Inn will be $17 for singles and $22 for doubles, with plenty
of free parking adjoining the buildings. Of course there is also a good swim pool
for everyone’s pleasure. Out-of-towners should make room reservations early, directly
with the Ramada, as it is certain to be well occupied at that time.
Our session will open officially on Friday afternoon at I pm with the greatest
swap meet on earth for transportation tokens. From experience one can predict that
the hustle and bustle there will not let up until very late that evening, A limited
number of bourse tables will be available at a low cost for any of our member-dealers
who wish to be guaranteed a reserved place for the two days of sales activity. (Get
in touch with Chairman Ritterband promptly if this aspect appeals to you.) Also a
small bookstore will be in operation, offering a wide selection of titles in many
transportation subjects,
Saturday morning the token activity will start again by 9 a.m, and at 10 a.m. the
first A.V.A. business session will begin. Following a no-l" st lunch break, the sec-
ond session takes place. By mid-afternoon all will be re jy for another big floor S
mail auction. Ken and Kirk Smith are handling the mechanics of this, with John Coffee
being head man among a capable bunch of callers. The swap room and bourse will remain
open during all these activities so you Just take your choice of whatever appeals
most. Token exhibits will also be displayed with suitable mementoes for each exhib-
itor, R.B. Carter (2232 N. Kays Ave. - So. San Gabriel, CA 91770) is the special
chairman to write for more information in this regard.
In the early evening on Saturday we switch from business and collecting to the
more festive aspects of our conclave. First comes a social hour (no host) to be
followed by an excellent buffet dinner. When everyone has eaten his fill, a pleasing
program on a certain token-related subject will be offered, (Too soon yet to reveal
the secret details on this!) Dinner souvenirs will feature a new custom-made adver-
tising mirror for each attendant.
The annual sightseeing tour will happen again on a Sunday morning. Charter buses
will take all conventioneers on a thirty-mile trip to Long Beach Harbor, for a thor-
ough inspection of the world's greatest example of floating transportation, the famous
"Queen Mary." About three hours will be spent aboard the ship for a complete tour of
all facilities, before our bus returns us to the hotel. Naturally a new souvenir tok-
en is being struck for this bus ride, and the committee is convinced that it will be
another real winner.
Though some of the convention registrants may have to head homeward after the
Sunday events, an unusual encore event has been set for Friday morning, August 22,
during the actual run of the A.N.A. meet. On that morning an illustrated talk will
be given us by Ralph "Curly" Mitchell of the Franklin Mint, assisted by Kenneth Smith,
the telling about the Nine Lives of Citizen Train. Mr. Train, am American, built the
first horsecar line in England in I860. Both Curly and Ken have some relics of that
occasion and should give us a most interesting session.
Everything mentioned here can be yours for a registration cost of only $15.50, or
if you register before July 15, only $14,00. Send registrations and applications for
bourse tables as soon as possible to General Chairman Robert Ritterband - 6576 Colgate
Ave. - Los Angeles, CA 90048. For further information call him at (213) 870-7305 in
the daytime, or 938-4504 in the evenings. We surely hope to see YOU there!
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= THIRTY-TWO YEARS OF TOKEN COLLECTING «
By Ralph Winant
Thirty-two years ago the streetcars in Wilmington and suburbs were still running,
and the fare was 4 tokens for One day on buying tokens to go to work I noticed
that one of the four was not from Wilmington, and out of curiosity I didn't use it.
It was from Binghamton, NY, and among the next four I bought was a PRT of Philadelphia.
I thought I would see how many different ones I could get, and from the fellows I
worked with I got one from Seattle, and one from Wildwood, NJ.
At that time I didn't know that there were actually collectors of transportation
tokens, until I noticed in Railroad Ma^^azine that a Harry Bartley of Pittsburgh wanted
to trade tokens with other collectors* So I wrote Harry, which started me off, and I
bought a few from Harry, one of which was a Red Arrow token at 25<^. From him I also
got the names of Roland Atwood, Chris Cook, Ralph Roller, and others I don't remember.
January, 1940, was the last run of the streetcar lines and trackless trolleys
were put into use and the company became the Delaware Coach Co. The Delaware Electric
Power Co. became the Delaware Power & Light Co. Two different operations. I was ac-
quainted with a salesman for the latter firm, and through him I got the privilege of
visiting the office of Delaware Coach Co. and going through all the tokens they got
from other companies in their fare boxes whenever it suited me, and buying all I wan-
ted .
I could probably name 40 cities and towns in Pennsylvania that used tokens but
no longer use them. This area was really a token collector's paradise, nearly all
16mm tokens, but also quite a few Dela 900 A and B, burned up in their fare boxes for
a while. On the best information I could get, the Delaware Electric Power Co. pur-
chased Red Arrow Bus Co. about 1930 and their tokens were thrown into the Delaware
River.
Fare increases, and fewer tokens from other companies, finally put the cost of
Wilmington tokens much higher than Atwood's Catalogue, and ended my trips to Delaware
Coach.
Before the A.V.A. was organized there were plenty of collectors I corresponded
i^ith who didn't join. One was a doctor in Manila, P.I., who lost a coin collection ^
and most of his token collection to the Japanese, but I did get one gocxi token from
him; PI 500 A.
Some of the deals I've made in my first collection I think were quite interesting.
In 1948 I heard that the 26th Street Ferry of Proctorville, Ohio, had gone out of bus-
iness so I wrote them to see how many tokens they had left and if they wanted to sell
them. They wrote me that there were 118 tokens left, which I could have for so much
each, or $8.40 for the lot. This was all that were supposed to be left, but I learned
several years later that the son of the former owner had kept quite a few. All I had
of the 118 were gone so I wrote the son and he sold me 4 for $1.
Then in November, 1950, I needed one of the recent issues of Northern Bus Co. of
Ketchikan, Alaska, and in writing for it I asked them if they had any tokens from
other companies to sell. They replied that they had hundreds of different White Cab
Co. tokens. Herring Cove Transit and Wacker Transportation Co. tokens, and to make
them an offer. I offered them 5^ each for 1,000 assorted tokens. They accepted, and
sent me a mixture of Alas 450 A C D E H and 900 B. Only one 450 C, which I believe is
in Ralph Freiberg's collection now. Postage & insurance on the tokens was $1, and
they sent the tokens in a leather bag with a drawstring on it, and the name of The
First National Bank, Ketchikan, Alaska.
For several reasons I sold my first collection of 3,590 tokens in 1954, but after
a few years I started another one which has outnumbered the first one, but which is
lacking in a lot of the better tokens. I also was able to buy a collection of 2,800
tokens, but with few rare ones.
Another company I wrote to, which had gone out of business, replied that they had
100 lbs of tokens, but never answered my follow-up letters. But some companies have
second thoughts, being afraid the tokens might come back to be redeemed later on. ^
It has been a lot of years of pleasure in an interesting hobby, one that can bring
a surprise most any day, unexpectedly, and I wish those who read this the pleasure
that I have had I
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= MARCH SUPPLEMENT TO ATWOOD'S CATALOGUE =
By Ralph Freiberg
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ILLINOIS
Macomb 535 (Reported by Jerome Archer and Joel Reznick)
1 FARE SHUTL CLUB
A S Sq Sd (blank) [obverse letters incuse] (* 9/71)
SHUTTLE CLUB (BUS, type 2)
B B 16 Bar One Fare (bus) (* 1/75)
[This bus operates from Western Illinois University to downtown Macomb.]
INDIANA
La Porte 530 (Reported by Richard Salzer)
LA PORTE TRANSPORTS BUS LINES
D Py 26 Sd (blank) (obverse letters are green] {* 1974)
MASSACHUSETTS
Miscellaneous 1000 (Reported by New Issues Service)
KEN'S AROUND THE CLOCK TAXI SERVICE TEL: 545-6050
SCITUATE, MASS.
B A 32 Sd Good For 25^ Towards Fare Taxi (*2/75)
$0.25
.25
.25
.25
Patterns 998
K B 32 Sd [same as 1000 B but in brass] (15 were struck)
NEW JERSEY
Miscellaneous 1000 (Distributed by New Issues Service)
NITE OWL TAXI TEL; 341-4181 TOMS RIVER, N.J.
C A 32 Sd Good For 25<; in Trade (* 2/10/75) .25
Patterns 998
E B 32 Sd [same as 1000 C but in brass] (15 were struck)
NORTH CAROLINA
Miscellaneous 1000 (Distributed by New Issues Service)
TWIN CITY CAB CO. TEL: 552-2626 FUOUAY-VARINA N.C.
B Pr 38 Sd Good For 10<= on a Taxi Ride (taxicab) (white letters) (* 1/75) .15
WISCONSIN
Racine 700 (reported by Joel Reznick)
FLASH CITY TRANSIT RACINE, WIS. (BUS, type 2)
I B 23 Dd Good For One Fare (bus) (Rev. A) (* 11/74) [child fare token) .30
MANUFACTURERS' SAMPLE
Group 29 (Reported by Joe Pernicano)
TESTING TOKEN
A B 23 Sd Gocd For One Fare (diamonds)
TIMETABLES (Reported by John Coffee)
REPUBLICAN VALLEY BUS LINE P.O. BOX 788 - HASTINGS
DAILY SERVICE EXCEPT SUNDAY
AD Pb 38 Sd Hastings Red Cloud Franklin Alma Beaver City
And Points Between
* = NOTES BY RALPH FREIBERG =
After waiting a while we are finally getting some action on some tokens. Last
suiraner Jerome Archer reported a strange little square token from Maconto, IL, but we
were unable to get an answer from them, or a commitment from them to sell a quantity
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to our New Issues Service* So we asked Joel Reznick to look into the matter, and he
came up with the following information. The line was started in September, 1969, by
Tom Friday and Dick Sivill, but didn't use tokens till September 1971. The tokens
were made in a machine shop in Springfield, IL, and the original order was either 3
or 4 thousand, but they didn't space their letters right, so "shuttle** came through
on the token as **shutl". The round trip fare is 259, and when you board the bus you
pay the 259 and get a token for the return ride. The operation is almost entirely
for students, and often students going into town would get a ride back to the college
with a friend, and thousands of the tokens just disappeared, which is why they didn't
want to sell a quantity to us. So they had to order more tokens, and this time they
ordered from Meyer & Wenthe in Chicago, and they just put the new ones into use. The
older one is really obsolete and only the new ones are sold now, but the old ones are
still good for a ride. The **B" will be handled by our but not the "A". How-
ever, Joel got a number of the A token and members can get one from him.
The LaPorte, IN, tokens are not available to the general public. They are sold
to merchants and other outlets, and are quite difficult to obtain. Richard Salzer
was able to get a supply for N.I.S. only by saying he wanted the tokens as gifts for
senior citizens~which really is true. We have a lot of seniors in the A.V.A. And
the rest of us are, after all, future senior citizens (we hope). So, anyway, thanks
to Richard's ingenuity, this one will be available through N.I.S. This is a perfect
example of a token we would never have been able to get without a member being right
there.
Also — surprise! — more taxi tokens. But at least this time a couple of them are
aluminum. A few brass patterns were struck to show the companies how much nicer the
brass would be, if they should reorder. This probably is close to the last of these
miscellaneous taxi tokens. Incidentally, NC ]000 A was listed on page 12 of the Jan-
uary 1974 Fare Box. 500 were made of NC 1000 B.
We heard about the new Racine token and asked Joel Reznick to work on it for us,
as the city is close to Chicago. This is a child's fare token and the company was
reluctant to sell us any unless we paid full adult rate for them. But Joel managed
to haggle them down to a price halfway between adult fare and child fare (adult fare
is 409} child fare is 20<;) so we got them for 30^. So N.I.S. will handle this one.
The Racine firm expects the City of Racine to take them over shortly so this one may
be a short-lived operation. Sometimes, when a token may be difficult to get, we say
we are willing to pay full adult fare if that's the only way we can get the tokens.
Note, by the way, that this new token has the old Type #2 bus on it! Same with the
new Macomb, IL, token. Both look like tokens out of the 1930 's when the type #2 bus
was the rule. For the past 20 years, type #3 bus has been used. So why they got the
older bus we don't know, but it serves to complicate things for us, and to provide an
exception to our rule about dating tokens by the type of bus on the tokens.
I don't know anything about how the new manufacturer's sample is used.
John Coffee was able to obtain a quantity of the new timetable token, and will
send you one for 159 +SAE, with proceeds going to The Fare Box photograph fund.
In the January issue we listed a Toronto token, anticipating its use in December
1974. But as it turned out the token actually went into use 1/8/75, so you should
correct the date of first usage on that token.
Also, in mentioning fare in the Southern California Rapid Transit District we
mentioned the fare was changed to 259 for first zone, but now I learn that zones have
been abolished. There is a 259 flat fare with a 10<^ transfer charge. So if you go to
the AVA convention this August you'll be able to ride all the way to downtown L.A.
for only 259^ I had not been in Los Angeles the past year due to illness, so didn't
have all the details.
Joe Pernicano sends along an envelope in which tokens are sold by New Orleans
Public Service Co. It seems the fare has been raised from ten for $1.50 to ten for
$2.50. New Orleans was famous for having the lowest fare in the U.S. But now they're
getting up with the rest of us.
Recently I was shown a token with incuse letters, holed, inscribed FREE RIDE
GOODY SHOES. Does anyone know anything about such a token or where it is from?
We now seem to have solved the mystery of IND 460 M. We always had our doubts
that this firm was in Indianapolis, figuring the "IND." on the token could indicate a
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location anywhere in the State of Indiana. And so, indeed, it has turned out. We
have learned that in 1925, 3,000 tokens were ordered by a Blue Safety Coach Company
of 4016 First Street, Indiana Harbor, Ind. So a switch to Indiana Harbor is indica-
ted, and the new number will be Ind 450 E.
We have quite a fev; more leads on tokens, and with luck will have lots more to
report in the near future.
**A**
= tiARCH NEW ISSUES SERVICE REPORT =
By John G. Nicolosi
Our pstlsnce has been rewarded/ the tide has turned/ and tokens are starting
to come In again. We still have several more tokens pending/ and eventually we shall
corrall them. This month a total of 6 tokens p/ill be coming your way, to all members
of N.I.S., both associate and regular.
First of all I want to thank Joel Reznick for his untiring efforts and determin-
ation and persistence/ with all those long-distance phone calls to various transit
companyies and to me and Ralph Freiberg , Without his assistance we would not be able
to send you the ILL 535 B and WIS 700 J, both of which you will be getting this month.
There will be some more tokens next month also thanks to Joel's efforts.
Then/ thanks to Richard Salzer of KnoX/ Ind./ we are sending you Ind 530 D.
And three more of those taxi tokens/ two of which are aluminum.
This month we welcome Warren Scott to Associate status/ along with Steve Lipsbie
and Don Harlow.
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= NOMINATIONS BEGIN NOW =
According to the Constitution of the A.V.A., the president is required to call
for nominations of new officers. Therefore the nomination period is herewith opened,
with a closing deadline of May 1, 1975.
The election of President and Vice-President will be for a two-year terra each,
and they are eligible for one such terra only. The Secretary and Treasurer can be
reelected repeatedly. The positions of Editor and Curator are appointive. The seven'
member Executive Board consists of the foregoing plus the Immediate Past President.
Any member may nominate any other member in continuous good standing of at least
three years. Nominees must be at least 18 years old.
If you want to nominate someone, you must first vifrite him or her and obtain from
him or her written verification that he or she is willing to service. Then send in
your nomination, with verification, to the Secretary: Donald Mazeau - P.O. Box 31 -
Clinton, CT 06413. A list of nominees and nominators will be printed promptly in
THE FARE BOX, and if there is a contest for any position, ballots will be mailed out
with either the June or July issue.
For the good health and welfare of our organization, every member is urged to
give this important subject his early and careful attention.
- Syd Joseph
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The Editon h(U AUczAved a tuting a couplz AtAange iXmA. Any idexu?
F.T. ST. B. (INCUSE)
B 25 Pc (blank] iSc) {43Ad Stficcl BAldge Pltt6buA.gk, maybe?)
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS PARK VIST.
WM 15 Sd (blank)
LoAAy ffLzman AzpoAtzd the top one; Lei HatA}thoA.ne the loweA. one.
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WANTED: Pa 750 AT and AC. I'll pay your price!
Daniel Donnelly 2306 E. Dauphin St. ^ Philadelphia, PA 19125
FOR TRADE: car wash token from "Auto Washette" in Lebanon, OH 3165 0, and Wash 880 O.
Robert Kelley 2 6315 Parkview Circle 2 . Mason, OH 45040
I mNT TO TRADE FOR YOUR PERSONALS 1 Nov available my 1975 token 1348C. Still avail-
able some 1348 A and B. Trade for your personals one for one +SAE.
Bud Nelson Box 4371 Rockford, IL 61110
TT's FOR SALE (I 25<? plus postage each: Ga 450 A; Haw 240 D; IL 95 C, 130 F, 190 F G,
350 G, 760 F, 3075 A; Ind 260 A, 290 A, 350 C, 390 B, 660 C, 690 A, 860 D, 940 A; la
30 F G, 380 R, 850 R V, 930 J. Kan 880 B, 970 E F G H. Old issues of The Fare Box,
304 each, to trade for your dupe TT's at cat. price. Issues are; Apr 65; Jul & Aug,
67, Jan & tor 68; Jul, Aug, Oct, Nov, Dec 70. All 1972,71,73,74.
C.G. Thompson ^ 3757 Kipling Ave. ;;; Minneapolis, MN 55416
FOR SALE: new unlisted Buenos Aires subway token, 404. Sees & Faber, Phila. Pa,
1938 spinner token, $2. +SAE please.
A1 Zaika P.O. Box 65 ;; Bellmawr, NJ 08030
WANTED; old picture postcards (coloured) of locomotives and trains. Will exchange
for other railway postcards or UK transport tokens. FOR SALE; official map of Can-
adian Northern Railway 1906, cloth-bound into book. EF condition.
Donald Capper — 14 Acresfield Ave,, Audenshaw — Manchester M34 5SY, ENGLAND
AT LONG LAST: PERSONAL TOKEN NU14BER 1-A, ROLAND C. ATWOOD. Will send one free to
any A.V.A, member for a stamped envelope.
Roland C. Atwood ;; 2818 Colorado Avenue - Santa Monica, CA 90404
HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF LA PORTE TRANSPORTE BUS LINE tokens (plastic) to trade for
other common Indiana only TT's, or merchant tokens I need. (This token will be han-
dled by N.I.S.) = Richard Salzer - R 3 - Box 791 Knox, IN 46534
WILL TRADE 254 OR ABOVE TT OR PT (my choice) for the following 154 ones (+SAE) ;
Pa 10 E F, 15 H J M, 65 B E F G H I J L M 0 R, 110 C D E F G, 145 A, 146 ABC, 165
H, 175 A B, 180 ABC. Can use 2 of each.
Joe Studebaker 2614 Legare St. Beaufort, SC 29902
IVILL PAY lOx CATALOG FOR FOLLOWING; AL 200 D, 570 B, 750 J; Cal 125 A, 630 F, 715 R,
800 B, 835 H, 925 A, 945 G; Col 300 E, 340 C, 440 A C, 460 A, 620 B; Conn 305 G I K,
320 C, 560 B; Ida 100 D, 440 I; 111 40 H I, 130 A B, 195 F, 205 B, 210 C D E, 250 C,
350 D E F, 455 CDF, 460 K, 495 B D, 545 A, 670 A, 770 A, 795 K P, 815 B D F, 840 A.
H.C. Reidling 8847 Liptonshire ;;; Dallas, TX 75238
EXPO 67 bilingual French & English Exchange token for U.S. currency, Feisel Que 3620
ZB, 154 each, 2/254, +SAE.
Bill Williges — Box 445 - Wheatland, CA 95692
WANTED; Tex 5 B, 30 A, 50 F, 60 A, 65 A B C D F G H, 145 B C E F I K, 225 A, 255 K L
0, 270 B, 340 P, 360 ABE, 445 E F G H J, 565 B, 590 A B, 640 B C 690 B, 710 ABC
D E, 750 A, 760 B C D E, 810 A B G H J, 940 A, 965 all, 985 A B, 997 A & most of the
scarce one. Will buy or trade Ks 30 C, NM 40 C, 430 A, WV 640 A, OH 520 A, and many
more. Send your want-list if you have Texas I need.
J.G. Pfluger - P.O. Box 2040 San Angelo, TX 76901
FOR SALE; Ohio 435 Aa Babe C (plain & coated) D. Also the booklet "No Pushes No
Pulleee" story of Mansfield, OH, street railways, $3.25 postpaid. Also a 2^x2vf" pol-
ished aluminum plate struck by the original dies of OHIO 175 AAa & b vars. of obv, &
rev., 4 strikings on one side, hand executed & serially numbered, only 50 struck, at
$5.25 postpaid. All a must for every collector.
Larry G. Freeman 2427 Torrington Ave. 2 Parma, OH 44134
RARE TRANSPORTATION & HORSECAR tokens for trade/sale. Please send SAE for list,
available early in April. I want Illinois Civil War tokens & better COT. If you
have any for trade please It me know. Don't delay. Write today! Many seldom offered
items. - Rich Hartzog P.O. Box 4143KT - Rockford, IL 61110
WANTED: Iowa transp. tokens, also taxi tokens. Have 50 tokens from $1 up to trade.
Also want to buy Iowa trade tokens.
Doug Redies ;; Box 4461 Cedar Rapids, lA 52407
I WANT TO ADD YOUR PER^NAL TOKEN OR TOKENS to ray collection, but don't have any of
my own to send in return. Therefore I will send you 3 TT's of my choice for each
personal token sent to me.
Sam Rugger i — P.O. Box 145 — Canton, OH 447Q1
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MAIL AUCTION OF FOREIGN TT's of Sweden, Germany, France, England, etc. Please send
for auction list. = John K. Curtis - Box 263 - Willowdale, Ontario M2N 5S9
SPECIAL FOR THIS MONTHLY ONLYs any 4 of listed items for $1 = postage extra: Cal 715
U V; Conn 290 Pf Ind 290 D; Ky 10 0 P, 370 G; Md 380 B; tlass 825 A; Mich 375 A, 560
M P Q; Minn 210 A; ND 60 Ohio 435 B, 860 H I J M P; Pa 375 A, 445 A, 605 G, 920 B,
Wash 840 D, HV 590 A B, 640 A.
Roice V. Rider - 1523 Bailey St. ^ Lansing, MI 48910
FOR TRADE (10 sets only) Fla 130 BCD, one set for any one Cal. TT .25 cat. +SAE.
Sol Halpern ;; 1032 N. Screenland Dr. 2 Burbank, CA 91505
WANTED; Los Angeles dog license tags before 1930; Portland, Ore. before 1940. Also
Cincinnati 1871 and other old tags.
Buck Witt ^ 7950 S. Mark Rd. ;;; Canby, OR 97013
PENNA. MERCHANT TOKENS WANTED. I have for trade Fla 380 D; Ky 250 C, 510 AGj La 30
B; Md 60 J, etc., and other types of tokens.
Herman Aqua - 487 Bennett St. ;; Luzerne, PA 18709
WILL TRADE 5 DTFF. TT's for each sports schedule token sent. Still interested in
soap tokens and tokens featuring the surname Baum.
J.W, Baum - 3113 N. Arkansas Ave. ;;; Wichita, KS 67204
WILL TRADE up to 10 diff. transp. tokens for up to 10 diff. transp. tokens of yours.
FOR SALE: Canada Ontario 900 A B, 15<: each. Scotland Edinburgh Corp, Transport, have
5 diff. 25^ each or 5 for $1.
Linda J. Biarum ; 2250 So. 204th, Sp. 30 ;;; Seattle, WA 98188
FOR SALE: KySlO 0, $7.50. MI 1000 A $3.50; MN 540 AG $5.25; NY 630 AR $10; NY 715 A
$3.50; NC 980 C $2.50; NY 3630 A $5. Plus SO-f postage & insurance to all orders.
Paul Targonsky - 23 Harrison St. ;;; Meriden, CT 06450
FOR SALE: NY 630 AH 25*!:, AO 30<?, AQ 25<?, AS 40tf 631 C 40<?, H 40'?, Q 25<?, T 25<?, U
70^, plus 10^ stamp for each two ordered,
L.H. Betts - 114-15 N.Y. Blvd. Jamaica, NY 11434
FOR EVERY TVJO DIFF. "cOMJiON "wOlib COINs' AND/OR TOKENS, I will send one diff. pinback
button (over 100 diff. to trade).
Dan Rusnak ;;; Box 327 3 Sparks, NV 89431
WANTED TO BUY: Wise 840 A and B.
Gary Ascher 3 506 North L Street 3 Sparta, WI 54656
SEND 10<= STAMP or a 15<? cat, transjj, token for my newest token list. There are many
better pieces in this 965-lot list. Transp,, Civil War, Millers, political & hard
times are listed. = Gary Pipher 3 Box 217 3 Johnson City, NY 13790
AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER: unlisted woods — W. Newton, Mass., Jamestown NY, Watervliet
NY, Woodside NY; Pa 1000 F G (but with Buffalo reverses) , Texarkana TX (7 taxi issues)
W. Palm Beach FL (1 amusement issue) . Austin, TX, (1 modern trolley issue) . Will trade
any of the above for ANY MODERN parking or car wash token I need so I am not trying to
"skin a cat" with my duplicates. I need many modern PT and CT.
Harold V. Ford - 6641 Saroni Drive - Oakland, CA 94611
FOR SALE: 50 diff. TT's value up to 50^, for $7,25 postpaid.
Paul Thompson 3 1805 Lyons Avenue Lansing, MI 48910
TRADE: Alas 300 D, 450 I; Wis 170 C; Group 103 C, If no trade then to highest bid.
Sell up to 100 diff. TT's (§ 10<? each plus postage & insurance.
Joe Pernicano - 58 Sonia Lane - Broomall, PA 19008
FIXED PRICE LIST OF TT's, PT's, CWT's, tax tokens & raise, tokens, over 1,600 pieces
yours for a 10*? stamp. « John Trembley - P.O. Box 37 - Marina, CA 93933
WANTED; Missouri merchant tokens and saloon tokens any state.
Littlefield 3 4841 Hannover 3 St. Louis, MO 63123
FOR SALE PLUS POSTAGE (all lOOO's) : Alas A B C D 25<? ea; Ark A 25*?, CA P 25'?; W OS'?,
X 25'?, y 50'?; Ind A B 25 <? ea; Me B 40<?, C 25'?; Mass A 35'?, B 40'?; NH A B 25'? ea;
Tenn A B 25'?; Tex J 25C; Va A B C D 25'? ea; Vt A 25'?; BC B 25'?; V.I. A 25'?, B 25<:, C
35'?; also 111 535 B 35<?, NC 150 A 40<?; Ont 900 F 45'?; Wis 700 I 45<?.
J.G. Nicolosi 3 3002 Galindo St, 3_ Oakland, CA 94601
BRONX Collector wants tokens, passes, tickets, medals, used in early Bronx on the
"Dinky" or Waitestone Ferry - Starlight Park - 1939 Fair, etc.
E. Wolf 3 221-11 99th Ave. - Queens Village, NY 11429
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JUST LIST El): MacombT^ ILL 535 "aI Will not be handled by New Issues Service. Will
sell for SO'?, or any 25'? token in trade, plus SAE.
Joel Reznick ^ 120 So. LaSalle ;;; Chicago, IL 60603
I REGRET THE ERROR IN MY AUCTION LIST IN THE FEBRUARY FARE BOX. lYvo tokens Imre lis~
ted for auction v/hich I do not have. The correct list of tokens up for auction is as
follows: Argentina 160 G; Australia 480 G2} England 500 BK, 560 AK, 715 BK; Germany
740 T HR; Iran 750 K; Turkey 400 H; Scotland 420 CE. I’ll keep the bids received on
these items, and destroy those received for the 2 tokens wrongly included.
Wayne A. Coleman ~ Box 481 - Boulder, CO 80302
FOR SALE; 50 diff. TT’s $7.00, 50 mixed OPA red tokens $3, 29 diff, $6, 28 diff. $4.
OPA blue 15 diff. $3. State sales tax 15 diff. $1.50. Postpaid.
George Van Trump Jr. — Box 656, Edgemont Br. - Golden, CO 80401
FOR SALE + POSTAGE; Mass 115 G 50<?, L 40*?, 135 A SO*?, B 50^, C TS*?, 550 B eO*?, I 60«,
Q 75<:, 760 A 35<?, G 40'?, 825 A 40'?; RI 700 D 50<?, G 60'?, Me 480 C 75'?; NY 630 AO 30*?;
CA 450 J IS*?; Ct 290 K SS-?, 305 M 35*?, N 35'?; Fla 130 D 50'?; Haw 240 D 25<?; DC 500 C
30“?, P 40'?. Brookline, MA, park dept, tennis token $2.15. Misc. trolley items SAE
for list. = Kevin T. Farrell ~ 28 Woods Ave. - Somerville, MA 02144
FOR SALE TO HIGHEST BIDDER; horsecar, Ind 280 A, Complete set Michigan Token & Medal
Society Journals, Jan. 1966 thru Apr. 1974, $20,00.
Marie A, Johnson - Route 2 -- Clinton, MI 49236
BEST CASH OR TRADE OFFER FOR MY KANS 450 A and/or NY 630 B. I reserve the right to
reject any offers. My wants are New York, New Jersey and New England tokens for my
collection. = Ralph Hinde - 225-30 106th Ave., Queens Village - Jamaica, NY 11429
APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP
1525 THOMAS E. TINGLEY - 1113 OFFUTT BLVD, - BELLEVUE, NEBRASKA 68005
Age 42; Major, USAF. Collects U.S,, Parking. (Botz)
1526 FRANK ROLAND MARTIN - 633 CHANNING DRIVE, N.W. - ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30318
Age 64; Retired. Collects U.S, & Canada. (Mazeaa)
1527 PAUL K. PANCRATZ - 1317 NORTH SECOND STREET - FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA 58102
Adult; Social Engineer. Collects U.S. [Sckubz/it)
1528 LYNDA LORAI NE BORDEN - 4520 JAMESTOWN DRIVE - YORBA LI NDA, CAL I FORNI A 92686
Age 33; Contract Analyst. Collects U.S., Canada. {CowuchazZ]
1529 TED F. GOODMAN - 3226 FULTON STREET - SAGINAW, MICHIGAN^ 48601
Age 64; Retired, Collects U.S., Canada, Parking. [PAdZA]
1530 WILLIAM JAROSZEWSKI > 2123 WEST ROGER STREET - SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46628
Age 38; Radio & TV Engineer, Collects U.S., Canada. {CoAMin)
1531 GENE E. GOOSOE - 310 WEST FOURTH - WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA 27101
Age 38; Field Engineer. Collects U.S., Canada. {S(/m£4)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS (* indicates Contribution to Address Plate Fund)
* Mel E. Beaton - 111 Spring Street - West Roxbury, MA 02132
Bary D. Bender - 752 North 74th - Seattle, WA 98103
* David F. Burnette - 14009 James Drive - Crestwood, IL 60445
.Robert A. Clifton - Box 3778 - Irving, TX 75061
Bill Coleman - 1529 Marshall - Richland, WA 99352
* William Crcwford - 20 Emerald Road - Nahant, MA 01908
* Larry R. Davenport - P.O. Box 517 - Aptos, CA 95003
Kevin T, Farrell - ,7 Brown Street - North Billerica, MA 01862
* Samuel L. James, Jr^ - 114 Myrtle Avenue - Havertown, PA 19083
* John L, Knabenschuh - P.O. Box 175 - New Stanton, PA 15672
* Rev. Donald Ian Macinnes - 1201 Confederate Avenue - Richmond, VA 23227
Brandon C. Martin - 1546 Berkeley Avenue - Petersburg, VA 23803
* J. Douglas Williams II - 610 West Second Avenue, Room 101 - Anchorage, AK 99501
RESIGNATIONS FROM MEMBERSHIP
402 H.C. Sahmxl
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Volume 29, I^urdber 4 APRIL, 1975 Our 334th Issue
FRANK C. GREENE
Frank Greene v;as one of the pioneers of our hobby. An AVA neraber for 26 years, he
held number 35, and served as president of the Association in 1950. A graduate of
the University of Indiana in 1916, for 26 years he served as principal Geologist
for the Missouri Geological Survey before retiring in 1958 • Prior to his service
to the State of Missouri he worked for Shell Oil Co. and Skelly Oil Co. in the oil
boom towns in the 1920 's. One of the founders and pioneers of the American Assn, of
Petroleum Geologists, he was the codiscoverer of the official Missouri State Rock,
Mozarkite. An avid and active token collector, Prank Greene discovered dozens of
rare tokens and built a large collection. His correspondence with collectors v/as
extensive and always helpful to newer collectors. In our hobby he was as solid as
the rocks which were a part of his profession. He leaves a void which can never be
filled again, but he also leaves a spirit which will continue to warm our hearts and
quicken our memory of the Golden Age of token collecting. He died in Kansas City on
March 31 in the 89th year of his life, full of years and honors.
April 24, at midnight. We still have three issues to publish before I leave
for the West late in June, so issues will be about 3 weeks apart henceforth.
I still have quite a fev; of the Republican Valley Bus Line timetable tokens
available for 15 <= each plus a stamped envelope. All proceeds go to the Pare Box
fund. Purchasers also will receive one of the Editor new personal tokens gratis.
Incidentally last month in describing these timetables I neglected to give credit to
Mr. E.L. Tonberlin of San Leandro, CA. Mr. Tomberlin gave us the 180 tokens free
and asked that proceeds be given to the A.V.A. , and also, of course, is the one who
originally reported their existence to me. We are grateful to him for his generos-
ity.
Don Mazeau still has 3 or 4 copies left of the 2nd edition of the Atwood Cat-
alogue (1963) in mint condition for sale for $2 + 34*? postage. Order directly from
him at 9 Settlers Lane - Clinton, CT 06413. Proceeds to Catalogue Fund, of course.
A long list of personal tokens in this issue. If you We issued one which has
not been listed, please just send one to the Editor and it will be listed.
New application blanks have been printed and are available if you think you can
get us a new member. Write the Editor, Postage wuld be appreciated.
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= ON RESTORING STEEL TOKENS =
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Bill Crawford's article on Paj^e 34 last month on restoring steel tolcens has re-
ceived some interesting feed-back. John Propes of Norfolk, Va., inrites as follows:
I've tried alt types of oteaners^ aoids^ polishes ami inxesj and all have sorne
disadvantages. My simple method is a small drive rotary steel brush used in an
ordinary 120‘^volt eleetrio motor. If the oovreet pressure and amount of brushing are
used I come up lyith a niae presentable token every time. It will remove dirt^ corro-
sion and especially rust satisfactorily without damage. I keep my collection of about
1,500 ISmm to 24rm tokens houses in Library of Coins Vol. 12 <3 16 General Coin Al-
bums, and I refuse to put a ormddy token in my hooks,
Mr. Propes adds that this works on all types of tokens, and not just steel ones.
Then from James Watson of the Museum of the State Historical Socity of Wisconsin
comes the following, which he says works very well:
(1) Mix a solution of 20% Ammonium Citrate (NH4) (2HCGH50?) soak token overnight.
Remove token from solution and scrub irith old toothbrush in running inter. The sol-
ution is safe to handle and generates no fumes, but I would advise you not to let the
kids drink it. If you forget to take your token out for a few days don't worry, the
solution stops working when the rust is gone. The only disadvantage is that the sur-
face of the token nay have a slightly gray oast after treatment.
(2) Mix a solution of Sodium Hydroxide NaOH (lye) in water. Wrap token in a
strip of thin zinc or Inhed it in a layer of mossy zinc and cover with Sodium Hydrox-
ide solution. Token should he soaked until it quits generating bubbles but there is
no danger in leaving it fox' a longer period of time. The vapors from this process
are ittitating and the Sodium Hydroxide solution can cause burns. The token slxould
be scrubbed with an old toothbrush under running inter after treatment. Both of
the foregoing methods are safe for the token, since the reaction affects only the
oxides of iron and not the unrusted metal. The second method also makes the removal
of chlorides easier. Iron compounds rust very fast when both chlorides and water
are present so any treatment that removes chlorides not only cleans, it also protects.
So now we have a variety of methods for cleaning rusted tokens, and no AVA mem-
ber any longer has any excuse for displaying rusted, ugly tokensl
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= WARTIME EMERGENCY METAL TOKENS =
By Ralph Freiberg
As stated elsewhere in this issue, we've received word that Greg Prgomet has one
of the Newark steel tokens that I mentioned in the February 1975 issue. Most of
these previously unlisted wartime-metal tokens were made in 1945 just before regular
metals came available again for token manufacture. The reason they are rare is prob-
ably that few of them were actually put Into use, and that only to supplement the
extant token supply, as needed.
For example 5,000 of the Joliet, ILL 455 F token were ordered in 1941, for use
by workers going to a munitions plant. Then in 1945 another 5,000 were ordered,
and these would be the extremely rare 455 G steel token. Probably only a few of
these steel ones were placed into circulation because the munitions plant closed
down right after the tokens arrived.
We know of some other wartime metal tokens which may never have been put into
use, though we know they wore ordered: there was a token like Ohio 125 F and G, but
in zinc. Another was a token like Tex 50 E and F, but made of brass. Possibly the
use of tokens was discontinued before these tokens could be put into circulation, but
there's always the possibil ity that, one way or another, a few of them may have got
out. As time goes on, we may learn of other such wartime metal tokens. Meanwhile
collectors should double-check any token used during the war to see if they have an
oddball metal. They may have a rare census token without realizing it!
A few such tokens are already listed, of course. In addition to the ILL 455 G,
we have, of course, Tex 65 B and 6, both very rare items.
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= STREETCAR DAYS IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA =
from PG3E Progress
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In 1858 Sacramento \ 7 as a lusty gateway to the gold fields. Riverboats raced
each other to and fron Gan Francisco; gold dust and gunshots -were common mediums of
exchange. Gambling joints roared all night and at the largest, Keith's, Mart Simon-
son packed then in bv plaving "The Wrecker's Daughter" on the violin. In this year
were sovm the seeds of one of Pacific Gas & Electric's most extraordinary business
ventures: ovmership of a "scenic railvray," or roller coaster, and a surrounding
amusement park— all part of the Sacramento transit system which the company operated
for almost 40 years. The streetcar system was also responsible for the decision to
build Folsom Powerhouse, the grandfather of all hydroelectric powerhouses in PG&E
territory.
The system began in 1853 tvith a stage line fron 3rd and R streets to Hubbard's
Park. Another line ran from the river to Sutter's Fort and its manager was once de-
scribed as "the only man v?ho lias succeeded in making walking a pleasure." But the
flood of 1862 v/ashed out the old stage lines and a horsecar system enfranchised the
year before. In 1068 the City Omnibus Company began running horse-drawn vehicles out
to Sutter's Fort.
That sane year a franchise v;as given for a horsecar line and eight 12-passenger
cars were later ordered from a San Francisco manufacturer, Ifnen the first two were
delivered, the line was opened on August 20, 1870— but only after its superintendent
and drivers were arrested for ignoring an ultimatum to fix the streets before begin-
ning operations. The Sacrarr.ento Street Railway vms established in 1887 by the Sacra-
mento Railway & Improvement Company,
Some of the horsecars were electrified by the use of storage batteries in 1889,
And that same year eight acres in the southeast part of toim were developed as an
arausenent park to stimulate streetcar travel--the start of Oak Park. A small but
truly electrified system began in 1390 when trolley wires T;ere strung by the Central
Electric Railv/ay Company and were connected to a steeun electric plant. This firm
issued Calif 715 A & B. The idea of an electric streetcar system in Sacramento was
seen as a vfay to convert from an outmoded technology to a ne\/ and exciting one. El-
ectricity ti?as seen correctly as the wave of the future, and in 1892 the Sacramento
Electric Power & Light Company \jas formed by a group who bought up most of the stock
of the old streetcar company and, in 1896, consolidated it with the Folsom Water
Power Company, ivhich was planning a hydroelectric plant at Folsom,
On Admission Day, 1895, a Grand Electric Carnival feted the first long distance
transmission (22 miles) of electricity to Sacramento for its streets, buildings, and
streetcars. The new company was called Sacramento Electric Gas S Railway Company,
and it issued Cal 715 C thru G,
Then tlirough a series of mergers, the Sacramento Electric, Gas & Railway Co.
became a part of Pacific Gas & Electric, in October, 1905, and Cal 715 H was probably
issued about this time. And along vvith it went Oak Park with its roller-coaster,
penny arcade, theater, skating rink, and ball park, v/here the Sacramento Solons played
for many years. PGSE never operated Oak Park but leased it to concessionaires who
operated tlie park as Joyland. Many of its buildings were destroyed in 1920 by a
$100,000 fire, but they v/ere built again and the amusement park continued. In 1923
the park t^as donated to tlie City of Sacramcinto.
Meanwhile, Cal 715 J,K,L, v/ere issued between 1928 and 1943 by PG&E. Then on
November 1, 1943, the transit system of 33 streetcars and 60 buses was sold to Sacra-
mento City Lines, and later this was taken over by tlie City of Sacramento, in 1955.
Between 1947 and 1955, Cal 715 0 thru S v/ere issued. The streetcars v/ere abandoned
in 1947, and as for Oak Park, it is nov; an area of homes.
*****
Lcut month, on page 39, we allied abouX a M 15 Sd token tn&cAtbed ARLlNGTOi'J HEIGHTS
PARK VIST, Le6 Hcaotho^ne fuu 6tnce ^ecetved a ZetteA. ^Aom AfiZtngton Heights, JZZ.,
t/okich exi^jZatnd that the^e tokens vwie a&ed ^Aom 1965 to 1967, tn ZXea ojJ a d-tme, ^oA
a pay ZoekeA tn the poAk. So tht& Ztem had nothZng to do tAanipoAtation.
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JAMESTOWN STREET RAILWAY OF JAMESTOWT^, NEW YORK
From an issue of Street Railway Journal for 1891, we learn that the Jamestown
Street Railway ordered 14 new electric streetcars from J. G. Brill Company of
FhiladeliAia, to replace their fleet of horsedrawn cars. The new' cars are de-
scribed as "very handsome and comfortable, painted black outside and, w’itii
vestibule ends, look very luxurious. Inside they are finished in cherrj', with
white and gold overhead and Wilton carpet seats and backs. Each car has a
7-foot wheel base, Inside measurement of about 18 feet, and provides a seat-
ing capacity for 34 people. Equipment includes roller curtains instead of the
usual blinds, and ten incandescent lamps of 16 candle power for lifting. "
The arrival of the new' cars w'as celebrated by striking new white metal tokens
with their picture on the reverse, and w ith the unusual feature of having a
reeded edge. This is our NY 425 A, of course.
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= FIFTH SUPPLEMENT TO THE 1972 CATALOGUE OF VECTURIST PERSONAL TOKENS =
By iT.M. Coffee
The ■previous Supplement appeared in tl'ie JuZxjy 1974^ issue of The Fare Box,
ROLAND C. ATVJOOD A.V.A. NO. 1 SANTA MONICA CALIF.
1 A Pw 38 Sd Collector of Transportation Tokens (streetcar, type 2)
MAX M. SCHWARTZ APT. N-501 2920 POINT EAST DR.
MIAMI, FLA. 33160 ANA L30 - AVA L3 - TAMS 105
3 F B 38 Sd George Washington Exoramia Transportation Tokens
Mardi Gras Doubloons Buy Sell or Trade
J.M. COFFEE, JR. BOX 1204 BOSTON, MA. 02104
14 E B 23 C Editor of The Fare Box
FLOYD O. BARNETT, L-38 1974 WELCOME -
AMERICAN VECTURIST ASSOCIATION MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
38 A A 32 Sd Collector of Transportation Tokens (streetcar, type 2)
QUINCY A. LAFLIN, NO. 49 1476 IGLEHART AVE., ST. PAUL,
MN 55104 1974 A.V.A. 24th CONVENTION AT SHERATON-RITZ
MPLS., MINN.
49 A A 32 Sd Collector of Transportation Tokens (streetcar, type 2)
MERRY CHRISTMAS 1974 MORTON H. DAWSON
1®ST HARTFORD CONN. 06119
95 A Pr 38 Sd Good For I*? in Trade
(Some of 95 A come vrith a Santa Claus pasted over the reverse.)
MERRY CHRISTMAS DOROTHEA CASE BROKAW, WIS. 54417
240 B Pg 38 Sd This Token Good For 1 Season’s Greetings
GREETINGS PROM RALPH A. HINDE 225-30 106th AVE.
JAMAICA, N.Y. 11429
287 D Pe 38 Sd Collector of Transportation Tokens (streetcar, type 2)
DUANE H. FEISEL 1974 P.O. BOX 1302 LOS ALTOS, CAL. 94022
305 E B 28 Sd Good For 50<J On Your Next Token Order
J.H. ROY 10201 CHRISTOPHE COLOMB MONTREAL, QUE.
407 A B Oc Sd Collector of Tokens of All Kinds AVA 407 (25nun)
STEPHEN ALBUM ANGWIN, CAL.
472 D A 26 Sd 25 in Trade D.H. Feisel Palo Alto, Cal.
ROY STEmRT P.O. BOX 4481 STA. ’C’ LONDON, ONTARIO
479 A Bz 32 Sd Collector of All Ontario Tokens (elaborate cross design)
ROY STEWART BOX 4481 STN. "C" LONDON ONTARIO
479 B Fr Sq Sd Collector of C.E.F. Cap Badges W7I Canada (28rnm)
479 C Pb Sq Sd " *'
DON R. McKELVEY 2822 19th AVE. PORT HURON MICH. 48060
592 B Pg Sq Sd Collector of All Michigan Tokens M.E.T.C.A. 20 (28mm)
592 C Pe Sq Sd ” *'
NOEL 1974 NOEL PEG & JACK WILCOX (2 ANGELS f 2 STARS WITH N.J.)
940 D Bz Ov Sd (blank) [rolled out on Lincoln cent]
AVA 1073 DALE BECKER 3301 MEADE DENVER COLORADO (INCUSE)
1073 A Pw Tr Sd (replicas of 6 Denver transportation tokens)
(1073 A is shaped roughly like a triangle^ silver-colored^ about SSrm
across, oast with 3 -^dimensional replicas of actual tokens on reverse.
One or more of the tokens are bronze-colored, )
MERRY CHRISTtlAS BOB CONEY SIOUX CITY, IOWA 51103
1089 I Pg 38 Sd T.A.M.S. N.E.V.A. M.E.T.C.A. I.O.W.M.C. A.V.A.
SOL HALPERN A.V.A. #1147 TOKEN TRIVIA BURBANK, CALIF. 91505
1147 A Pb 38 Sd Collector of Transportation Tokens (streetcar, type 2)
WILLIGES BOX 445 WHEATLAND, CA. 95692
TOKENS MEDALS 1975 BUY-SELL-TRADE
1219 D A 29 Sd Good For 25'!: j_n Trade (in star) D.H. Feisel Los Altos Cal.
LLOYD & ALBERTA WAGAMAN BAL HARBOUR, FLA.
1974 (CIRCLE CONTAINING OWL WITH TEC ON RIBBON) Iw
1251 E Bz Ov Sd (blank) (rolled out on Lincoln cent]
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1251 F Bz Ov Sd
1251 G Bz Ov Sd
1251 H A 65 Sd
1308 A A 32 Sd
1348 B Pr 38 Sd
1348 C Pb 38 Sd
1459 A Pg 38 Sd
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GEFTER-KIRKA-WAGAMAN-MECCARELLO-KRUG-GILL-GOODWIN-SPADONE-
HEITMAN-WILCOX DEDICATED TO THE COLLECTORS OF ELONGATED
COINS A.N.A. AUG. 13-18 1974 BAL HARBOUR, FLA.
{OUTLINE mP OP U.S.A. SHOWING MIAMI)
(blank) [rolled out on Lincoln cent]
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS 1974 LLOYD & ALBERTA WAGAMAN (BELL) Iw
(blank) [rolled out on Lincoln cent]
COLLECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION TOKENS LLOYD E. WAGAMAN
ROUTE 1, BOX 195-D CAI-lBY, INDIANA 46113
(HORSECAR INSCRIBED A.V.A. 1251 NO. 1)
(mirror) [obv. inscription is printed in black on white]
LESTER H. BETTS JAMAICA BUSES INC. JAMAICA, N.Y. 11434
Collector of Transportation Tokens A.V.A, 1308 N.E.V.A. 200
1974 BUD NELSON A.V.A. 1348 BOX 4371 ROCKFORD, IL. 61110
Collector of Transportation Tokens (streetcar, type 2)
1975 BUD NELSON A.V.A. 1348 BOX 4371 ROCKFORD, IL. 61110
1950 25 Years Bud a Nancy April 22, 1975
GORDON FITZGERALD A.V.A, #1459 15530 LE MARSH ST.
MISSION HILLS CA. 91340
Collector of Transportation Tokens (streetcar, type 2)
*****
« APRIL NEW ISSUES SERVICE REPORT =
Bij Jolm G, Nicolosi
Since the first of the year v/e have been exceptionally busy t/ith letters and
checks going in every direction across the country, and with tokens coming back to
Galindo Street. Over $500 lias been sent out in a couple of months, (v^jen tre thinJz
we are just about cleared up, t/e start all over again. It seems to be a never ending
project.
Anyway this month we continue on again, vrith six more tokens coming your way,
both regular and associate meirf)ers will get them. No "lOOO’s" this sonth or next.
Surprised? You will be getting 111 270 E and Ohio 985 A, as mentioned last month
Mr. Reznick helped a great deal in helping us get these two. Then Ga 60 U, and our
sincere thanks to Capt. D, Drell for his courtesy in getting these for us. Then Tenn
20 D and our thanks to Mr. Craig for getting these for us. The company was reluctant
to sell to collectors so Mr, Craig had to pick them up for us ten at a time, Thanizs
very much. Finally two more from Luzerne County, Pa 985 J and K, So we continue on
and next month I expect to he just about as prolific. Of course vrith all these new
tokens coming in it is important for me to have the capital available to buy them in
auantity at today's high fare rates, and that means I must insist that N,I,S. members
keep their balances on the black side of the ledger. Please be sure that there is
enough in your account. We do have a long waiting list, and after a decent waiting
period those whose accounts are on the minus side must be dropped on the assumption
they are no longer interested.
Incidentally , the Tenn 20 D tokens all seem to liave been lightly struck, so
don’t feel that you got a x/orn one. They're all the same, I'm afraid.
*****
= NEW FINDS =
I haven't received many reports of New Finds lately of rare tokens, but I did
learn that David Schenkman picked up the rare wheel horsecar token of Lincoln, Neb.
(Neb 540 J) in an auction for about $70, which isn't bad for that beauty. Also Joe
Pernicano just wrote that. he picked up Pa 395 B for $12 at a Pittsburgh flea market,
and from a coin dealer in Downingtown, Pa., he bought the rare Kans 620 C for only
$2, and his 620 C doesn't have a hole in it as the one pictured in Atwood does.
Please let us know If you've picked up a rare token from a non-AVA source and
Inspire us, by reading of your good fortune, to go and do likewise.
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= PRICES REALIZED IN THE THIRD AUCTION OF THE ATKINS COLLECTION =
(List of tokens on Page 29 of the February Fare Box)
1
$26.10
39
$6.00
77
$11.25
115
$7.85
153
$7.65
191
$12.50
2
2.00
40
3.85
78
31 .65
t 16
2.35
154
8.10
192
49.60
3
8.26
41
4.05
79
5.81
I 17
6.15
155
3.30
193
3.30
4
10.00
42
3.15
80
15.05
t 13
7.00
156
12.60
194
5.81
5
3.75
43
6.05
81
6.00
119
7.10
157
1 1 .75
195
4.10
6
6.75
44
.50
82
8.30
120
6.75
158
7.50
196
4.25
7
.98
45
18.76
83
18.00
121
21.00
159
4.25
197
29.00
8
6.75
46
2.50
84
3.75
122
1 .76
160
4,65
198
26.00
9
8.26
47
8 .. 15
85
3.25
123
2.95
161
2.60
199
4. 10
10
7.13
48
5. to
86
3.25
124
5.80
162
2.10
200
4.30
I 1
3.00
49
15.26
87
i6.56
125
2.25
153
4.10
201
7. 10
12
7.25
50
24.50
88
8.00
126
2.10
164
6.25
202
31 .80
13
.50
51
5.50
89
25.99
127
3.15
165
7.65
203
5.10
14
2.25
52
8.00
90
18.89
128
7.30
166
3.35
204
18.75
15
5.81
53
2.25
91
8.55
129
2.25
167
4.50
205
3.20
16
3.85
54
6.05
92
2.35
130
5.50
168
2.25
206
15.26
17
7.25
55
1 1 .85
93
3.25
131
1 .65
169
.50
207
8.00
18
3.85
56
5.35
94
4,85
132
31 .80
170
2.85
208
22.71
19
4.65
57
1 .86
95
4.75
133
38.80
171
5.25
209
30.00
20
12.05
58
6.85
96
4.75
134
31 .80
172
5.81
210
2.65
21
12.05
59
10.81
97
3.25
135
8.26
173
10.00
21 1
8.26
22
5.10
60
38.50
98
3.35
136
5.51
174
22.65
212
7.10
23
2.50
61
26.95
99
3.30
137
15.35
175
12.65
213
4.30
24
5.05
62
35.06
100
4.90
138
3.60
176
9.35 '
214
8.60
25
4.35
63
15.00
10!
18.01
139
29.50
177
4.10
215
7.35
26
8.26
64
22.50
102
8.26
140
1.15
178
3.10
216
14.20
27
21 .05
65
10.50
103
.80
141
5.81
179
1.13
217
3. 10
28
I .55
66
24.50
104
13.50
ua
2.60
180
12.55
218
5.15
29
21 .25
67
23.85
105
4.60
143
51 .50
181
10.00
219
23.20
30
26.10
68
21 .25
106
30.00
144
6.35
182
18.00
220
19.75
31
1 .75
69
1 1 .70
107
8.00
145
35.97
183
1 .57
221
5.25
32
20.25
70
5.26
108
2.51
146
11.10
184
1 .65
222
3.25
33
4.85
71
23.00
109
2.65
147
13.35
185
1.13
223
2.00
34
7.60
72
24.20 ,
1 10
5. 15
148
15.35
186
2.00
224
2.45
35
8.00
73
22.71
1 1 1
4. 10
149
6.35
187
4.95
225
3.55
36
7.85
74
21 .85
1 12
12.60
150
7.79
188
2.10
226
3.75
37
7,55
75
36.76
1 13
1 1 .75
151
7.79
189
1 .00
227
3.55
38
7.75
76
4.65
1 14
8.15
152
2.01
190
6.00
228
3.75
229
3.55
The prices in this auction strike me as much more reasonable than those in the pre-
vious auction. In fact there were some real bargains in this one. The three Phila-
delphia early souvenir pieces, 750 AC AD AE went for less than I expected. Pa 770 B,
the big black vulcanite of PIttston, went for only $36.75, which I consider a steal.
The highest 'price In the auction was for Utah 800 A, which is about right for that
token .
Successful bidders have been notified, and tokens will be mailed out as soon as
1 hear from them. In some cases there were duplicate bids, and the token went to the
earlier bid in those instances, of course. Successful bidders always have the op-^
tion, of course, of returning any Lot for full refund with no questions asked. This
is always my policy In any auction I conduct.
There is not much left in the Atkins collection of quality material. I may run
a final small auction later on, or i may Just take everything with me to the Los An-
geles Convention and offer it at fixed prices to members who are there. Running these
auctions has, quite frankly, been a big headache and I am glad they are finished.
Kenny Smith has all my sympathy in running the AVA auctions this summer!
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= APRIL SUPPLEMENT TO ATWOOD'S CATALOGUE *
By Ralph Freiberg
CALIFORNIA
Oakland 575 (Reported by Dale Noll, a non-member, to Steve Album)
HIGHLAND PARK AND FRUIT VALE R.R. ONE 5<: FARE
S o Cy 23 Sd Insure in the Oakland Home Ins. Co.
9th & Wash. Sts. Oakland, Cal. $7.50
GEORGIA
Atlanta 60 (Reported by Dee Drell)
MARTA ATLANTA, GA.
U o WM 20 A School Token (vars.) (* 1973) ,15
[The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) took over the
Atlanta Transit System on February 17, 1972.]
ILLINOIS
Elgin 270 (Reported by Meyer t\Ihite & Joel Reznick)
CITY OF ELGIN TRANSPORTATION E
E B 16 Sd (same as obverse) [senior citizen token] .30
NEBRASKA
Miscellaneous 1000 (Reported by Bill Clapper to John Coffee)
GOOD FOR IN FUN CARNIVAL RIDES JULY 27-28-29
BRUNING 75th ANNIVERSARY
A o Wg 38 Sd One Wooden Nickel 5^ (buffalo)
OHIO
Xenia 985 (Reported by William H. Nelson)
X LINE
A Wb 38 Sd Wooden Nickel (Indian head) (* 10/20/74) .25
[X Line is operated by the City of Xenia]
PENNSYLVANIA
Wilkes-Barre 985 (Reported by Hector Turgeon and Joel Reznick)
LUZERNE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (LOGO)
J B 23 Sd Two Zone Special (logo) (* 9/74) ,30
K B 16 Sd One Zone Special (logo) (* 2/75) ,20
[Luzerne County Transportation Authority came into being after a flood in
1973 to aid transportation in the area. It took over Wilkes-Barre Tran-
sit and White Transit in 1974,]
TENNESSEE
Alcoa 20 (Reported by A.E. Craig)
B & C LINES ALCOA, TENN. B & C
D WM 23 Sd Good For One Fare B & C (* 1/7/75) 1.00
[B & C Lines is named for the owners. Bud and Clint, and it took over the
runs of White Star Lines in 1974. The token, 20 D, is good for a $1.00
fare from Alcoa to Knoxville or return.]
UTAH
Ogden 525 (Reported to Paul Cunningham)
D o Cc 22 Sd [obverse & reverse same as 525 A]
WISCONSIN
Gillett 245 (Reported by Gerald Johnson)
GOOD FOR / ONE RIDE / GILLETT / ADVANCEMENT ASS'N
A o A 30 Sd (blank) [merry-go-round token]
7.50
5.00
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UNIDENTIFIED (Reported by Steve Alburn)
DOUGLAS AUTO STAGE
148 B 23 Sd Good For One Way
= NOTES BY RALPH FREIBERG =
At the Feisel Token Jamboree in San Jose I saw some census tokens which are lis-
ted this month. We knew of the existence of the line which issued the Oakland token
because there is a picture of one of its cars in a historical booklet about the hist-
ory of transit in the area. This line is listed in the 1891 Street Railway Journal,
so we know it was in existence by that date. In 1898 it was absorbed into the Oakland
Transit Company along with several other lines. It began as a horsecar line and con-
verted to electricity before the merger. Note that "Fruit Vale" is two words, al-
though the area is now spelled as one word.
Then there is the carmine celluloid of Ogden, Utah. This token was advertised in
a recent issue of TAMS JOURNAL for $150,00. Since then it has been purchased by
Paul Cunningham, and we understand it is for sale. For the price, you may communicate
directly with him, I had been told about this token some time back, but unless I get
a report in writing I am likely as not to ignore it.
Speaking of verbal reports, some years back I was told of a horsecar token for
the San Pablo Horse Car Railway in Oakland, supposedly a brass 23mm, but, again, we
don't list tokens on the basis of hearsay. Should such a token exist, and picture a
horsecar, it would be a big disappointment to those who have a complete collection of
all such tokens!
Also now owned by Paul Cunningham, out of the Sherman collection, is a depotel of
Windsor, Mo. I am puzzled how to list it. We listed a token for this outfit in the
August 1974 Fare Box, but as I never did have a rubbing or photo of the token I don't
know if it was listed correctly or not. So this may be a correction to the previous
listing, or another token entirely. I just don't know. Anyway, here are the obverse
& reverse of the token, and I have a rubbing:
RIDENOUR SANDS / BUS / & / BAGGAGE / ONE PRICE / PHONE 85 /
WINDSOR, MO.
Good For / One Ride / From / Hotel / to / Depot
Apparently the above is an entirely different token. But it is extremely important
for us to have a rubbing before we list any depotel token.
The Wisconsin token was described in last month's issue.
We also list a Miscellaneous wooden nickel from Bruning, Nebr., as I was told
that the person got this token from the source. But I know nothing else about it.
Steve Album was shown the Douglas token which may be from Douglas, Ariz. The
die work seems to indicate it was made by Los Angeles Rubber Stamp Co.
Now having mentioned the rare tokens above, let's talk about some tokens that
will be sent out to W.I.S. members! First we have the school token of Atlanta, Ga.
Dee Dr ell was told about this by another collector, and he made an attempt to get a
supply for our New Issues Service .. .and told us about the token in detail: when
MARTA took over they reduced adult fares to 15<:, still using tokens of the former
company. When they needed more school tokens they ordered these. 50,000 were struck
in 1973, and 100,000 more in 1974, which accounts for the slight die varieties we've
found on them.
Next we have a senior citizen token for Elgin, 111. We were told about the token
but as it says nothing on it about what its use is, we didn't know exactly what it was
and our letters went unanswered. So I put Joel Reznick on its trail, and a phone call
did the trick for us. They didn't know what the A.V.A, was and were reluctant to sell
tokens to us until Joel explained that we were collectors, and then they insisted that
we pay the full regular fare for them, which we did. We don't like to haggle; if they
insist on the full fare we'll pay it and be glad to get the tokens.
Then we come to an interesting wooden nickel for Xenia, Ohio. Previously some
buses from Dayton operated into Xenia, but after the Great Tornado of April 3, 1974,
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Xenia was declared a Disaster Area, and it borrowed some buses to start up its own
bus line. They also then put into use the wooden nickel that we are listing. There
are several plans for distributing these wooden tokens. Some are sold to merchants
who give them to customers who make a purchase of a certain amount, for instance. As
we obviously couldn't ask Mr, Nelson to buy hundreds of dollars worth of stuff to get
enough tokens for us, we put faithful Joel Reznick onto it. He made a phone call and
got a supply for us!
Next another Disaster Area token. A flood occurred on June 23, 1972, in Luzerne
County, and a Luzerne County Transportation Authority was formed to aid private trans
portation firms in providing bus service. LCTA took over the Wilkes-Barre Transit Co
and White Transit Co. in 1974 and began using tokens with this name in September 1974
These school tokens are figured out at 80% of the adult rate, and are used in the
northern & central part of Luzerne County. They had also used Pa 985 H for the one-
zone rate before they ordered new tokens for this rate. Possibly we may get other
tokens made of the same metal as 985 K and there may be discussion about what to call
it, as it is darker than regular brass, but not dark enough to be called bronze.
We may run into more problems in the future v;ith respect to county authorities. Some
counties are pretty big and so we may have trouble listing a token for any particular
city.
We have another one from Alcoa, Tenn., this month. I had forgotten that we had
an A.V.A. member down there, until I got a letter from Mr. Craig, who obtained a sup-
ply for the New Issues Service, He had to buy the tokens ten at a time as they would
not sell more than that, but he finally got enough. When Tenn 20 A B C came out a
while back we didn't have a member in that area and were unable to get tliem for Nis,
so we've asked Mr. Craig to see if he can find any of the ABC, which are now obsol-
ete. If he succeeds he'll offer them himself to members. Again our thanks to a col-
lector who has never been in the New Issues Service, but who went out of his way to
help us. The new Tenn 20 D is used between Alcoa and Knoxville, just as 20 A was.
The 20 A was for a 759 fare, but it's gone up since then!
Sometimes we rush to get a listing in before we have ail the information about
it. Thus on Macomb, 111., we left out the size. Ill 535 A is (19mm). The full name
of the issuing firm is Western Student Shopper Shuttle Club, Inc.
Also too late to get into ray report last month: the line in La Porte, Ind.,
started out with cabs in November, 1973, and with buses in March, 1974.
As for my recent inquiry about any steel tokens for Newark, N.J., Greg Prgomet
says he does have a steel one! Actually he told me about this earlier but at the
time I knew nothing about any steel token, but now I know that steels were ordered
and used. So, again, check your NJ 555 E to see if it's steel. ViTe'll list the steel
in a while after we ascertain if it's going to be a census token or not.
Every now and then I get some tokens listed to me. Thus the following. The
first one is from Jack Smith. The second from C.E, Ziegler, the last from Gay Lip-
sdomb:
M s L 5 [incuse letters]
B 23 Sd (blank) (he hopes it's a turnpike token, but we doubt it]
PIKE 4 A.M.G, [incuse letters]
VIM 28 Sd (blank)
FORT WAYNE BUS LINE CHURUBUS CO
Bz Ov St-sc Good For One Pass [about size of a rolled-out cent]
The last is a strange one. We want more info before we list it. Anyone help?
We are anticipating a number of other new issues for May. It's mostly a matter
of waiting for answers to our letters, but we have a pile of new issues pending.
They are coming out thick & fast now, but it takes time to get answers from some of
these outfits, especially public authorities. It may be well into the summer before
we get word on some of them.
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APRIL SUPPLEMENT TO THE CATALOGUE OP WORLD TRANSPORTATION TOKENS
by Kenneth E. Smith
GERMANY . . ^
There was in 1974 a very thin pamphlet on German transportation issued*
This pamphlet is the 9th in a series on German notgeld and is titled DAS
DEUTSCHE NOTGELD 1915-1923 HEFT 9 STRASSENBAHN UND GASMARKEN by Heinz
Jansen. This pamphlet costs including postage $1.91US and only has 7 pages
of transportation. The prices on the tokens are suppose to be the going
market prices in West Germany as of 1974 and are in West German marks.
At that time the West German mark was worth 40US cents. At the time of writ-
ing this supplement the U.S. Dollar has slipped and the West German mark is
worth 44 US cents. A 10% increase in prices. The tokens are described in the
standard German method used in previous notgeld cataloguesC except s Funck s)
^tier e the type of token is mentionedCstreetcarjbuSjCtc.Jjthe shape is given^
the metal is given, the type of usage given, and any value stamped on the
token. What is not mentioned is the full obverse and reverse descr ijptions
and the mm size as in the A.V.A. catalogues. Funck's pamphlet uses close to
our method of descriptions as he got from Roland Atwood and me copies of our
early looseleaf catalogues and notes and included most of those iteihs in
his pamphlet including mm sizes. I have translated Jansen’s descriptions
to my catalogue numbers and below is the list of German market prices in
U.S. Dollars for AVA collector’s information; (based on 40 cents to the mark)
40B at 1.60,40D at 1.40,40E at 1.00, 60A at 1.40,60B at 1.20, 80A at 2.00,
SOB at 2.00, 80C at 2.00, SOD at 3.00, 80E at 2.00, 80F at 2.40,100D at .80,
140YA at 1.20, 41001 at 8.00,4100J at 8.00,4100K at 8.00, 4100L at 10.00,
4100M at 10.00, 160A at 0.60, 160B at 0.60, 160C at 0.60, 170D at 1.20,
210C at 1.60, 210D at 1.40, 210E at 1.40, 210F at 1.60, 210G at 2.40,
220A at 3.00, 220J at 3.00, 230A at 0.80, 230B at 0.60, 250A at 1.80,
250B at 2.00, 265A at 2.00, 270A as rare, 280A at 3.00, 280B at 2.40,
290D to N at 4.00each, 305A at '2.00, 305B at 2.00, 305C at 2.40, 335C at 1.20,
335F at 1.00, 345C at 1.60, 340A at 1.40, 340C at 1.40, 350A at 1.60,
350B at 2.00, 375A at 1.60, 375B at 1.'40, 385A at 2.40, 385B at 2.40,
380A at 4.00, 390o at 1.20, 390P at o.60, 390Q at 0.60, 465A at 2.40,
480A at 0.80, 480B at 0.60, 480C at 2.40, 485A at 1.80, 550A at 1.60,
600A at 2.40, 600E at 3.00, 660A at 2.00, 680A at 0.60, 680WA as rare,
680WB as rare, 680WC at 1.60, 670A at 0.80, 700A at 1.40, 740A as rare,
740B as rare, 740C as rare, 740D to AW at 0.80each, 760A at 3.00^ 760B at 2.40,
760G at 2.40, 760H at 4.00, 7601 at 2.40, 760J at 3.00, 760K at 3.00,
780A to L at 1.20each, 825C at 4.00, 840A at 2.40, 850A at 4.00, 860A at 4.80,
880B at 1.80, 880C at 1.80, 895C at 3.00, and 385D at 2.00
Jansen listed certain items I cannot match against my listings such as:
A round Frankfort A/M brass token with a hole, two Gothas which cpuld be
355CSI>, and a Weimar gray paper circular token.
For comparison purposes with recent dealer offerings , I am mentioning the
following; Recently , I acquired the third bulletin for 1975 , a sales list
put out by Alfred Szego( a US dealer) and he has two full pages of German
notgeld and a few German transportation for sale. It is interesting to see
what he asked for German transportation. Some tokens I could identify in my
catalogue numbers and others the description was insufficient to identify
exactly which token. His prices were for XF to AU condition. In my catalogue
numbers where identifable the tokens are; 270A at 5.50, a: 290 in the D to N
series at 4.50, 300A at 2.75, 305A at 4.00, 310B at 6.50, a Frankfurt at 4.00,
336B at 6.50, 340C at 4.50VF & 5.50AU, 350A at 6.50, 355C at 5.50, 370A at
5.50, 385E at 4.50, 390P at 2.50, 390Q at 4.50, 390B at 8.50, 550A at 5.50,
a Hildesheim at 3.50, a Lubeck at 4.50, 670A at 3.50VF & 5.50AU,700A at 5.50,
and some of the 740D to AW at 1.50 each.
Remember when you report new discoveries, in addition to giving the exact
wording, spelling, and punctuation, to send rubbings or photographs .
KENNETH E SMITH 328 Avenue F Redondo Beach, Ca . 90277
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A.V.A* DECALS for sale for 20<? apiece, 5 for $1. Send small stamped envelope.
R.K. Frisbee - 211 King St, - Denver, CO 80219
FOR TRADE: Ark 480 B, 975 A Bj NY 300 A; MO 910 1; OH 410 B; OKLA 590 B, 640 A; WA
840 E. Want like value tokens from Arkansas & Oklahoma.
Walter Hinkle - 526 N. 36th 2 Fort Smith, AR 72901
WANTED; IL 150 S. Will trade IL 150 AG, 315 B, 530 E F, for one. SAE please.
Don Punshon ^ 3360 N. Neenah Ave. ^ Chicago, IL 60634
FOR SALE; Neb 940 B and Pa 445 C, price $10 each +SAE. Only one of each. First re-
ply gets them. = E.L. Tomberlin - P.O. Box 2295 - San Leandro, CA 94577
FOR SALE: Pa 495 G for $2.50, and Pa 495 H for $6, or trade the two for two silver
dollars. = Bernard Yagodich ^ 82 K Street ^ Johnstown, PA 15906
WANTED; Ore 20 A B C D, 40 A, 60 A, 80 A B, 100 B, 130 ABC, 160 A C F G H I L,
240 ABC, 340 A, 420 A, 460 A, 680 B, 700 A B C D F J K, 760 A C, 800 ABC, 850 A
B C, 970 B. = J.H. Roy - 10201 Christophe Colorab - Montreal, Quebec H2C/2T8
ATTENTION PARKING TOKEN COLLECTORS. I have recently acquired the combined P.T. col-
lections of VICKERS, EDKINS and STREETER. There are for disposal over 8,000 dupli-
cates consisting of over 1,250 items. I will fill legible Want Lists strictly in the
order of their receipt.
Max M. Schwartz - 2520 Point East Dr. N-501 2 Miami, FL 33160
TWO SCARCE ONES FOR HIGHEST CASH OFFER, two inclined plane: Cincinnati OH 165 G and
H. - Neil Sowards - 548 Home Ave. - Fort Wayne, IN 46807
WANTED: Mich, car wash tokens (65 C with ears) , 560 A, 922 A. Price or state your
trade. Have traders, including a Mich, unlisted, obsolete.
Don R. McKelvey - 2822 19th Ave. Port Huron, MI 48060
Alas 800 A; Col 540 Dj Ind 960 A; Kan 820 A; liich 375 A B; NY 628 C; Pa 400 B, 455 E,
'575 C, 985 D E. WAIJTED: Pa 840 A B C D. Buy or trade.
A.A. Gibbons - 1121 Mulberry St. - Scranton, PA 18510
ONE OFFER: 500 different TT's for"^i4'0,00 postpaid and insured in O.S. All tokens
catalogued and housed in 2x2 holders or envelopes.
Edward M. Vickers - P.O, Box 2303, Sta. A - Meriden, CT 06450
A ONE SHOT OFFER: "a TT from each of the 50 states plus D.C. for $15,50 postpaid in-
sured. FOR AUCTION: Guam 25 A (12.50 min. bid); CO 260 P ($10), 260 Q ($10); Pa
445 C (12.50); CA 25 A ($5), 105 A ($5). The token(s) will go to the high bidder for
10% above 2nd high x^hereapplicable.
Paul Targonsky - 23 Harrison St. ;;; Meriden, CT 06450
PARKING TOKENS FOR SALE, over 330 diff. Send SAE for list. Will pay lOX catalog
for the following; Ark 3885 A; Cal 3015Aa Ac B, 3708 A, 3715 B, 3745 B, 3760 D,
3835 F, 3895 A B; Col, 3260 Aa Ac; Conn 3250 Ya, 3560 D; 111 3150 O U X Id La AE AF
AH AO AS CA CB CF BMb BY CA.
Harold E. Mayland - 152 Parkview Drive - Union, NJ 07083
3 DIFF. TRAIISP. TOI^NS for 25<: +SASE.
Bill Williqes - Box 445 - ^^eatland, CA 95692
TRADE for Tennessee TT's I need: Tenn 20 A for at least $1.50 cat. value; 20 6 for
at least $1 cat. value. Send your list of available trades +SAE.
A.E. Craig - 209 Candora Road - Maryville, TN 37801
FOR SALE AT QUOTED PRICES PLUS POSTAGE: (all 1000 ’s); Alas A D C D 25<: ea; Ark A
25<'; Cal P 25<:, W IS"?, X ES-f, Y SO*?; IN A B 25<: ea; Me 40 for B, 25 <? for C; Mass A
35«, B 40<?; NH A B 25'? ea; NJ A SS*?, B 25«, C 40<?; NC B 25'?; SC A B 25'? ea; Tenn A B
25'? ea; Tex J aS*?; Va A B C D 25^ ea; Vt A 25'?; B.C. B 25<?; V.Is. A 25'?, B 25'?, C
351?; also Ont 900 F for 45'?; Ill 535 D for 35?; NC 150 A 40?; VJis 700 I 45?.
Johii G. Nicolosi - 3002 Galindo St. - Oakland, CA 94601
TEXAS MERCHANT TRADE TOKENS WANTED. V^ill trade TT's, coins, stamps, other trade tok-
ens or pay cash for those I can use. Have some state sales tax tokens and about 60
diff. Nevada casino dollar size slot machine tokens to trade or sell.
E.M. Rice ^ 212 Westhaven Drive ^ Austin, TX
I have 7 diff. NAZI Germany table medals (3 picturing Hitler) that I would like to
trade for non-Nazi medals or tokens having a sv/astika in their design.
Dan Rusnak Box 327 Sparks, NV 89431
OHIO 3550 A, 3905 A 15? each +SAE. Also have a few more Ohio; advise your needs.
William L. Carr - 2648 Pel ton Ave. - Akron, OK 44314
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TRADE; Cal 395 C; Del 300 A; Alab 560 I; DC 500 Ib; solid strike Cal 985 D, If no
trade then to highest bid. - Joe Pernicano - 58 Sonia Lane - Brooniall/ PA 19008
TRADE '25^' TT or PT my choice for the following 15<: TT's: NY 10 F G, i5~F H~, 10^17
230 D J, 280 A B, 380 B C, 425 E, 500 A, 629 F, 630 AE AF AJ AK, 631 A, 640 B C D P,
675 A C, 680 ABC, 685 A C D, 695 B C, 780 E G, 830 D F, 875 J P R, 890 E G, 905 H.
Joe Studebaker 2614 Legare St. Beaufort, SC 29902
FOR TRADE; ten Pa 750 AB or ten Pa 263 A for ten of any other transp. token. Nill
trade for up to 50 of one kind. Still vfanted; NJ 145 A, 997 I M, 605 A. Paying ten
times catalog for one of each in nice condition.
Bob Slawsky - P.O. Box 423 - Rockaway, NJ 07866
TRADE; one Miss 460 K or L for each R.R. station postcard.
Ralph N, Winant - 500 N. Summit Ave. - Wilmington, DE 19804
FOR SALE; Nebraska 540 B, nice condition. First $200,00 M.O. or bank draft gets it,
will ship registered. = Clarence E, Heppner - 1331 3rd Ave, - Seattle, WA 98101
CATALOGUE OF tIORLD TRANSPORTATION TOKENS AND PASSES except North America, first ed.
1967 at $5 either bound or unbound. Autographed if desired. Order directly from:
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FEISEL’S CATALOGUE OF PARKING TOKENS OF THE WORLD, 2nd ed . , 264 pages, available
cloth-bound or loose-leaf. Price $8 postpaid to members ($10 to others) .
Duane H. Feisel - P.O, Box 1302 - Los Altos, CA 94022
ATWOOD*S CATALOGUE OF UNITED STATES S CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION TOKENS, 3rd ed, 1970
731 pages buckram-bound or loose-leaf, price $7.50 to members until June 1, postpd.
Regular price $12. Member price will increase to $8 after June 1.
SUPPLEMENT 1973 to the Atwood Catalogue, 40 pages cardboard cover, updates the Atwood
thru May 1973, price $1.50 postpaid.
CAR WASH TOKENS (1974) by J.M, Coffee & H.V, Ford, 120 pages cloth-bo\^nd, price $4.50
to members ($7.50 to others) postpaid. Pour loose-leaf copies still available.
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APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP
1532 FRANK J. FRANCO - 1 1516 QUEENS DRIVE - OMAHA, NEBRASKA 68164
Age 42; Pharmacist. Collects U.S. & Parking. [BoZz]
1533 PAUL J. LAWTON - 5515 SOUTH ORIOLE - TUCSON, ARIZONA 85706
Age 24; Deputy Sheriff, Collects U.S. (Co^iJee)
1534 GAYLOR D. LIPSCOMB - 5010 W INTON ROAD - FAIRFIELD, OHIO 45014
Age 46; Tool Engineer. Collects U.S. {Co{\^e.e.)
1535 STEVEN C. TUREEN - BOX 14070 - OMAHA, NEBRASKA 68114
Age 29; School Teacher. Collects all types. {BoZz)
1536 R. GRANT GARNER - R.D. »2, BOX 112 - OIL CITY, PENNSYLVANIA 16301
Age 30; Banker. Collects U.S. lJo4>e.pk]
1537 KENT H. NUNAMAKER - 7340 S.W. Nth STREET - MIAMI, FLORIDA 33144
Age 36; Photo Equipment Sales. Collects U.S., Canada. [Co^^zz]
1538 LESTER M. BURZINSKI - 2105 OAKRIDGE AVENUE - ^^ADIS0N, WISCONSIN 53704
Age 56; Meatpacker. Collects U.S. {EfiZhbcz]
1539 WILLIAM A. DEL PALACIO - 45 PONCETTA DRIVE #128 - DALY CITY, CALIFORNIA 94015
Age 48; Traffic Manager. Collects all types. [Co^izz)
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Volume 29, Number 5
Our " 3 " 3 ^tFi nTsue
riAY, 1975
A.V.A. GETS 55 YEARS OF MEYER S IVENTHE RECORDS
May 7. We don't usually use headlines in The Fare Box, but this raonth we bring
you wliat I believe is the biggest news break in many years in the token hobby. The
A.V.A. , thanks largely to the efforts of former president Duane H. Feisel, has been
able to search and copy all token manufacturing records of the largest token manu-
facturer in the country, since 19201 This information will revolutionize our know-
ledge about tokens — transportation, parking, and car wash— by quadrupling, or more,
the amount of data we have, as to numbers struck, dates struck, who ordered them,
and of course data on dozens and dozens of tokens we didn't previously know about.
Full details of this are found in Feisel' s article in this issue.
We come to you with a May issue only two weeks after the April issue, but I am
on a tight schedule, and still have a June and July issue to publish before I leave
for the West Coast in late June, So we expect to publish the June issue on toy 25
(i.e., mail it out on that date), and the July issue on June 15. So please have ads
and articles in as soon as you can, and they will be published in the next available
issue. I seem to have plenty of stuff to publish already for the June issue, but
the more the merrier!
Something we need is a new Personal Token Listing, as all we have now is the
List done by Don Noe a few years back, published by NEVA, and 5 supplements that have
appeared since in The Fare Box. Will someone volunteer to type up (neatly!) a nev/
comprehensive listing for us, using numbers that have already been assigned? I then
could make stencils on our machine and publish it free for members. If anyone is
willing to volunteer, please write me before you act.
Every so often someone finds a little stranger that looks like a transportation
token but obviously is only a cute advertising piece. Such is one just received from
Greg Prgomet, made of nickel -plated something-or-other, inscribed "For the Ride of
Your Life Ride Big Horn" on obverse, with some sort of insignia on reverse. About half
dollar size. Anyone know what this thing is?
Julius Berneburg writes that William D. Smith, listed as not having paid his 1975
dues, had died back in April 1974, We never knew this. Bill Smith was an ardent col-
lector, and a friend of Mr, Berneburg' s since 1928,
Incidentally, a number of those on that no-pay list have since paid up, and will
be listed in the new 1975 Roster. We lost fewer this year than at any time in the
last decade!
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1540 NELS WALTON - 2627 NICOLE LANE - YUMA, ARIZONA 85364
Age 74; Retired. Collects U.S., Foreign. (A. ScliubeAt]
1541 JOHN B. BYWATER - 966 POINSETTIA DRIVE SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84116
Age 44; Police Officer. Collects U.S. (Lcivo^gna)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS (* indicates contribution to Address Plate Fund)
* Roy H, Carpenter - P.O. Box 243 - Ilanaino, British Columbia
* John F. Kobetitsch - P.O. Box 71 - DeTour Village, Michigan 49725
Robert G. Mitchell - Armed Forces P^adiobiology Research Institute, Defense
Nuclear Agency - Bethesda, Maryland 20014
NOMINATIONS FOR A.V.A. OFFICERS
President: Joel J. Reznick Secretary: Donald N. Mazeau
Vice-President: Robert R. Kelley Treasurer; R.K. Frisbee
Nominations having closed, and tliere being only one nomination for each of the four
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= tiAY NEW ISSUES SERVICE REPORT =
By Jolm G. Nicolosi
It seems that just yesterday I sent in a report for April and here it is time
for the May report. As promised last month there vill be 5 very nice tokens vringing
their uay to you shortly, perhaps already in your hands by not/. These are CT 210 C
(another dual purpose token, for both parking S transportation) ; NJ 710 C D; NY 980
B; PA 375 C. All NIS members, provided their accounts are sufficient to cover the
cost, uill receive these tokens. Again our thanks go out tp Joel Reznick for his
continued help.
Vie are especially fortunate to have the tr/o Neir Jersey tokensf aftet quite some
time and a lot of communication I finally got permission from the State Authority to
purchase quantities of these t?;o for our members. These tokens have seen constant
use and some of them have nicks, so ylease be satisfied trith irhat you receive, as it
is only by the grace of God r/e have them at all, in any condition.
This montii txro more members added to NIS: Julius Berneburg, from Waiting List
to Associate, and Louis Crax/ford to .Regrular membership.
Some newer members have been asking hot-/ to get on NIS. Just drop me a note and
ask to be put on the waiting list. When it's your turn you prill be notified what to
do. Meanirhile, to stay abreast of neir issues, take advantage of my ads each month,
xrhere you’ll be able to buy most of the nexr issues as they arrive here.
*****
= LOS ANGELES A.V.A. CONVENTION EXPECTED TO BE LARGEST IN H I STORY
The 1975 A.V.A. Annual Convention will meet August 15,16,17, at the Ramada Inn,
9620 Airport Blvd., in Los Angeles, CA. Bob Ritterband, A.V.A. Past President, is
chairman, as he was of the 1966 Convention held at Disneyland. The Disneyland gath-
ering was the biggest we’ve held-so far, but we expect this year’s to be even bigger.
A new feature will be bourse tables available at nominal cost for those who have a
lot of tokens to sell. I talked to Bob on the phone this past week, and this is one
convention I definitely would not want to miss. Compared with conventions of other
organizations, I believe we get far more for what we pay than anybody else, because
no one is trying to make a penny on any of our activities. Advance registration,
which covers everything — the special tour token, the tour itself, the banquet, and
lots of other stuff — is only $14.00. Send advance registrations to Bob Ritterband
at 6576 Colgate Avenue - Los Angeles, CA 90048. Please do it as soon as possible.
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= MEYER & WENTHE RECORDS SEARCHED =
by Duane H. Feisel
As far as meinbers of the AVA are concerned, the minting
firm of Meyer & Wenthe, Chicago, Illinois, has a special position
in our hobby. In business since 1854, M&W has been responsible
for making most of the tokens listed in Atwood's Catalogue, Feisel' s
Catalogue and Ford's Catalogue; I have not yet tried to get any
accurate count, but it looks !|.ike M&W has produced as much as 80%
of all the tokens listed in those three catalogues! And their
production today of these tokens is probably even higher.
Over the years I have developed a business relation with
Meyer & Wenthe — my sales of tokens and medals to business, org-
izations and individuals is such that I am one of the largest ,
customers of Meyer & Wenthe in that product. Meyer & Wenthe was
purchased by Consolidated Foods, a large conglomerate, within the
past two years after having been operated as a privately owned
business for about 120 years! The general manager of the Meyer
& Wenthe operation and I have become good personal friends in
addition to being good business friends.
At the Jamboree East in Pittsburgh in October 1974, M&W
placed a display of their products, and the general manager came to
the show. Through that visit he became more aware of what token
collectors are all about, and he issued an invitation for me to
come to the plant and to look over their records. So, toward the
end of November 1974, I flew east for my first visit.
My mother and other relatives live in Detroit, so before going
to Chicago I stopped there for a visit of a few days--l thought.
For those of you who can remember something about the weather in
Detroit this past winter, I got caught in that terrific snowstorm
which paralyzed all of Southern Michigan for a few days. Thus, I
spent more time iji Detroit than I had planned (and I once again
got a taste of shoveling snow) and less time in Chicago, Dut I
was able finally to get to Chicago and spend four days at the M&W
plant.
The first thing I was shown was a set of six looseleaf binders,
each about three inches thick, which contained records of every
token made by M&W since 1920! Now, a "token" by M&W standards is
any piece which is made to a specific size for use in a coin or
token acceptor such as a farefaox, turnstile, parking gate, vending
machine, car wash mechanism, etc. In M&W terminology, what most
of us call tokens (such as used by merchants, military bases, etc.)
are "trade checks," and M&W keeps no permanent records of trade
checks,. Files are kept for five years, and after that time they
are destroyed.
Well, the record books we^e something else! Lasted are the
company name, shipping address, the date of each shipment, the
quantity shipped, the size and metal of the token, the inscription
the token, and the cost of the order. Also, the records also
carried other information such as special plating jobs, destruction
of tokens returned by companies, location of secret anti-counter-
marks, etc. It was an incredible experience to view those
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record books for the first time I What a wealth of information!
And almost every bit of it important to our hobby. For those
four days I stayed with Mr. Randall J. Pickard who is the general
manager of the plant. Typically I was up at about 5 AM, we
got to the plant about 7 AM, stayed until about 5 PM, and then I
stayed up working on material brough home with me until about
1 or 2 AM. Needless to say, after four days like that I was
exhausted. Even working such hours, I was able to make only a
small dent in recording the information in those record books.
What I did was to pencil in information on shipping dates and
quantities in the appropriate catalogues for specific tokens. For
special information, I either copied down the data, or ran a
copy of the page or pages. On that same trip, I did spend some
time in the files and in looking through boxes of material for
old catalogues, advertising literature, pictures, etc. Also, , I
took time to develop relationships with the plant personnel.
Upon returning home , I got in touch with John Coffee and
others on the Catalogue Committee and told them of the sort of‘
records at M&W, and the fact that they were available to me.
Convinced of the great importance of these data to AVA, the
Catalogue Committee agreed to sponsor my trips to Chicago to
record the data. Thus, from Catalogue Committee funds, the AVA
has paid my travel and living expenses, and I have given my time.
My second visit to Chicago was in early January 1975, This
time I stayed at a motel located about ten blocks away from the
plant. This motel is fairly new and comfortable, but it is located
right in the heart of Skid Row. Each morning I walked to the
plant, and for most evenings I was able to get a ride back to the
motel. The neighborhood is such that it is not very comfortiable
to be walking on the streets after dark, so I had most of my meals
at the motel— their food is terrible. It was not until my last
day there that I learned of a section a few blocks away which
contains a number of fine Greek restaurants. Anyhow, for this
second trip I stayed a total of ten days. Typically I was into
the plant at 7:30 AM, stayed there until 4:30 PM, and then stayed
up until 1 to 2 AM working on material I brought back to the motel
with me. On Saturday I was able to work at the plant, and on Sunday
I had records at the motel. I thought I would never tire of tokens,
but by the time I left Chicago from that trip, I really didn't care
if I ever saw another token or token description in my life!
However, a few days of rest and recuperation and things were back
to normal!
On that second trip I continued to record the data from the
six record books, started searching files ready to be discarded,
and took time to "nose around" the plant, M&W had moved into
their present plant only about a year ago, so a lot of material
is still stored away in packing boxes, M&W had been in their
previous plant for probably 65 years or so, and as a result there
was much material that no one knew about. I found out that
large quantities of material were left behind or discarded during
the move — I wonder what got tossed out?
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While looking through the many storage cabinets in which
dies are stored Cmainly trade token dies) , way back in a bottom
drawer I came across a looseleaf booklet of 8-l/2*'xlll* pages
on which someone had laboriously made impressions of all the
reverse dies in stock. It appears to me that that booklet was
prepared in the mid-"1920‘s. There are about 150 pages, and
multiple impressions are on each page. As a rough estimate, I
figure there are impressions of about 4000 reverse dies! When
I showed the pages to the foreman, he said that as far as he was
concerned they were absolutely worthless and that had he found
them, they would have been discarded. I saved the company the
troxjble of disposing of them, and now have them in my possession.
During that trip I also learned that there was a separate
thick record book for all the Sofspra tokens. Despite the long
hours of diligent effort, there was no way to complete recording
the data.
Another trip was in order, and I returned to Chicago for the
third visit in mid-March, staying for eight days. On that trip
I completed going through the token record books, including the
Sofspra book. Also more time was spent in searching the files to
be discarded, and in going through more recent files. After
those eight days in Chicago, I again had the feeling that 1 never
wanted anything to do with tokens ever again. One improvement
on that visit was the fact that the daylight hours were longer,
and by eating early in the evening I was able to walk back and
forth to those Greek restaurants I mentioned earlier. One thrill
during the trip was on the afternoon that I first arrived at the
motel, I checked in, went to my room but could not get into the
room since there was a problem with the lock, waited for the
security man to let me in with his special key, unpacked, and
then prepared to go back through the lobby to go to the plant. As
I left the room, I thought that I had better check that lock again,
so I took about half a minute to find out that there was still a
problem with the lock. As I exited the elevator into the lobby,
I found out that the cashier had been held up at gunpoint about
30 seconds earlier! Had I not tested that lock, I could have been
right in the middle of things.
On visits two and three, I spent a bit of time in the die
making department, so I now have a pretty good idea of how token
dies are made. For certain dies, M&W uses hobs, and I spent half
a day cataloguing the hobs they have on file, I plan to do a
series of articles for THE FARE BOX describing various aspects of
M&W operations, and the die making will be one of the early ones.
I have a mountain of information which needs processing. Much
of it I have to do myself since there is confidential information
involved. However, Ralph Freiberg and Harold Ford Will also be
spending a lot of time on this information. There is such a
tremendous amount of information that it will be many, many months
before it is fully processed. However, it means a continuous
flow of information to the membership for some time.
One of the results of all of this is that the new editions
of our catalogues will be in a new format in order to incorporate
intelligently pertinent data such as shipping dates and quantities
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struck— “I guarantee that there will be some real surprises!
Ralph Freiberg and I have both begun to utilize some of this
information in our reports, and soon Harold Ford will be doing
the same. The records contain many references to unlisted trans-
portation, parking and car wash tokens— some of them modern items,
but many of them older pieces.
I feel that the availability of all this information will
have a tremendous beneficial effect on AVA, and that in the months
and years ahead we will be able to move to new plateaus in our
collecting. For this we owe Meyer & Wen the, and especially the
general manager, Randy Pickard, a great deal of gratitude. Their
enlightened attitude toward collectors and collecting has made all
of this possible. The benefits to us are many, and should be .
continuing in the future.
Now, what does the future hold for all of this? First, the
mountain of data needs to be processed and passed along to the:
AVA membership. That is going to take months if not years, and
will involve untold hours of effort. Next, there is such a wealth
of infomation pertaining to the company that I have begun planning
on a book which will present this information. The "heart" of the
book will be a catalogue of the old-time reverse dies which I
mentioned previously. Many of these reverses relate to transportation
tokens, or transportation related tokens, and I will do a special
article on them in the near future. The book will also contain
information about the company and the way they make tokens. Also
it will contain a number of old pictures, and copies of catalogue
pages relating to tokens. Finally, I hope to incorporate comments
from the old-timers who are or have been with M&W, If possible,
the catalogue of reverse dies might be expanded to include those
used now, and possibly pictures can be taken of current operations.
Earlier I mentioned the hobs on hand, I am exploring the
possibility that these hobs could be used to create portions of
personal tokens for collectors. For example, you might be able to
have a reproduction of an obsolete old token as the center part
of a personal token.
I hope to be able to make another trip to Chicago before the
end of the summer at which time I can get information on all the
tokens made since my last trip, continue searching the files to
be discarded and those which will be discarded off in the future,
and perhaps catalogue all d^s on file. Now that I think about it,
if I am to accomplish this, “many weeks or labor would be involved.
In summary, it has been and continues to be an exciting and
inspiring exp riencei Now if only some of the other manufacturers
would cooperate the same way.
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AoVoAo CONVENTION (1975) MAIL BID AUCTION
This portion of the AoV#A, convention auction consists of those items
designated by the submitters to be in the mail auction, all transportation
passes , low“pr iced catalogue tokens not in the main auction, and all miscel-
laneous transportation items. This mail auction is different from other AoV
A. auctions in that it is heavy in foreign transportation compared to
previous A»VoA. auctions, mainly because my name is associated with the
foreign catalogue. This fact caused others to submit their foreign tokens
for the auction. This is the best opportunity in several years to fill in
some gaps in your foreign collect ions , par t icularly British. The only under-
lined cencus token submitted for the total auction is in the mail auction,
as it is a transportation pass. It was submitted by a Newcastle , England
collector and it is Australia 720A(Sydney ) . To my knowledge there are only
two 720A^s knownithe one in the auction, and the other one in my collection.
The first 54 lots were designated by the submitters to be in the mail
auction .Otherwise , some items iwould be in the floor auction, and incl^des
Rcio 520K , the evasive token mentioned by Ralph Freiberg in the Feb. 1975
Farebox. In transportation passes , there is a complete set of six-month
dated passes from Jan. 1957 through June 1973, when they were discontinued
(Manly 480KD through 48pSP). All items have reserves and no bids will be
accepted at less than reserve. The successful mail bid on any item will
be at 5 cents over the second highest bid or in case of tie bids, the lot
will be awarded to the bidder with the earliest postmark on his letter.
Bids on the mail auction must be received by me one week before the start
of the AoVoA* convention( by August 8th). PLEASE submit your bids on 8 1/2
by llinch sheets with the left 3/4 inch blank and your name and address at
top of sheets, so they can be put in a binder for inspection and convention
records. Kirk will tabulate the bids during that week and determine the
successful bidders by convention time. State on your bid sheet whether or
not you will be at the convention, so that Kirk can get from the bank and
bring to the convention the lots you were successful in acquiring. If you
are attending the convention, immediately after registering , please pick
up the mail bid lots from Kirk that you were successful in acquiring and
pay with Cash(pref erably ) or by check. Cash enables the submitters attend-
ing the convention to be paid immediately. No credit cards are acceptable
for payment as the club cannot process them. Any mail bid items not
receiving the reserve will also be available at the reserve on a first come
first serve basis at the auction table from Kirk Smith. Those successful
bidders not attending the convention will be notified very soon after the
convention as to what they were successful in acquiring in both auctions.
Upon receipt of the money for the lots, plus required insurance and postage
the lots you were successful in acquiring will be sent to you insured. All
lots will be sent insured. Please bid both by lot number and catalogue
number, so that if you make a mistake , you will not get the wrong lot
Mail the bid sheets to
KENNETH
SMITH
__328 AVENUE
Redondo
Beachj_
Ca^ 90^77
LOT ITEM
RESERVE
LOT ITEM
RESERVE
LOT
ITEM
RESERVE
Alabama
Georgia
Minnesota
1 750B
.60
10 690A
.25
18
245A
.25
2 75 OM
.30
Indiana
19
620B
2.50
3 750N
.25
11 90A
.60
20
620C
2.50
Alaska
Iowa
21
820B
.60
4 45 OH
o
00
.
12 600A
.60
22
820C
.60
California
13 730A
.60
Montana
5 25A
3.00
Maryland
23
480A
.25
6 105 A
3.60
14 60T
2.00
Nevada
7 450G
.75
15 60AL
1.00
24
lOOA
1.25
8 775C
6.00
16 60AO
5.00
25
lOOB
1.00
9 lOOON
2.00
17 60AP
5.00
26
lOOC
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LOT
ITEM
RESERVE
LOT
ITEM
RESERVE
LOT
ITEM
RESERVE
New
Jersey
Austral ia
Illinois
27
30A
.30
71
480NI
1.30
118
25 OK
.30
28
885A
.25
72
480NQ
1.30
119
25 OL
. 40
NO.
Carolina
73
480NV
1.30
120
25 OM
.60
29
690C
.80
74
4800A
1,30
121
250N
.75
30
690D
.80
75
4 8 OOF
1.50
Indiana
31
690E
.80
76
4800K
1.30
122
930G
1.00
32
880A
.80
77
480OP
1.30
Michigan
33
880B
1.60
78
480OU
1.30
123
751
.25
Penna .
79
480PD
1.30
Nebraska
34
15 OA
1.00
80
480PN
1 .30
124
305D
.50
35
150B
2.00
81
4 SOP I
1.40
N.H.
36
630A
1.60
82
480PS
1.30
125
700A
.25
37
630B
1.60
83
480PX
1.30
NoMo
38
997A
1.05
84
480QC
1.30
126
40C
.25
39
997F
1 .05
85
480QJ
1.30
N.Y.
40
9971
1.05
86
480QP
1.30
127
631P
2.00
41
997J
1.05
87
480QU
1.30
128
631L
2.00
42
997N
1.05
88
4 8 ORA
1.30
129
875D
2.00
Rhode Is.
89
480RF
1.30
No.
Carolina
43
520K
8.00
90
480RK
1.30
130'
630A
2 .00
Tenn.
91
480RP
1.30
N.D.
1
44
43 OA
4.50
92
480RO
1.30
131
60D
1.00
Texas
93
4 8 OS A
1.30
132
320E
2.25
45
255P
.60
94
480SF
1.30
Ohio
Virginia
95
72 OA
20.00
133
175AA
.25
46
2 OK
.30
96
720BN
10.00
Penna .
Washington
97
720BO
10.00
134
125B
1.25
47
720A
.60
98
’20BP
10.00
135
95 OG
1.50
48
880A
.60
99
^20BQ
10.00
S.C.
Wisconsin
100
720DP
10.00
136
500A
1.50
49
170B
1.20
101
720DS
10.00
Va.
50
170C
1.20
ENGLAND
137
190A
.25
51
170D
1 .20
102
240PB
5.00
CANADA
Phill ipines
103
240PC
5.00
British Columbia
52
700G
2.00
104
240PE
5 .00
138
450B
2.00
53
700H
2.00
105
240PF
5.00
Austria
54
7001
2.00
106
240PG
5.00
139
840A
.60
Australia
107
240PH
5.00
Australia
55
480EA
4.00
108
240PI
5.00
140
480XB
.35
56
480EJ
4.00
109
240PJ
5.00
141
480XC
.25
57
480FQ
4.00
110
240PL
5.00
142
720XE
.35
58
480FU
4.00
111
240PM
5.00
Br az il
59
480GX
4.00
112
5 6 OP A
3.60
143
700A
.60
60
480GU
4.00
ALASKA
Czechoslovakia
61
480HE
4.00
113
190A
5 .50
144
600A
1,. 00
62
480KD
2.60
Arkansas
Denmark
63
480KM
2.60
114
435M
1.50
145
1<>0C
.25
64
4 8 OLA
1.90
Colorado
Prance
65
480LJ
1.90
115
1401
1 .25
146
660BB
.50
66
480LS
1 .30
Conn .
Germany
67
480MA
1.30
116
30A
.50
147
lOOD
1.00
68
480MI
1.30
Georgia
148
60A
1.:25
69
480MR
1.30
117
240C
1.50
149
6 OB
1.25
70
480NA
1.30
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ITEM
RESERVE
LOT
ITEM
RESERVE
LOT
ITEM RESERVE
XjERMANY
ENGLAND
ENGLAND
150
23 OA
.75
195
135AY
. 30
250
5 3 CAD
.60
151
230B
.75
196
135AZ
. 30
251
5 45AT
.25
152
12®A
.75
197
135BA
.30
252
545AV
.30
153
3 00A
.75
198
135BB
1.50
253
560BC
.30
154
480B
.60
199
135BC
.30
254
560BR
.30
155
680A
.60
200
135BD
.30
255
560BS
.30
156
670A
1.00
201
135BE
.30
256
59.0BL
.25
157
390P
.80
202
135BF
.30
257
5 90BM
.30
158
3900
.70
203
135BG
.30
258
685M
1.00
Hungary
204
135BH
.30
259
685CQ
.25
159
lOOB
1.00
205
135BI
. 30
260
685CR
.30
Iran
206
135BJ
.30
261
685DD
.25
160
750J
.60
207
135BK
.30
262
685DE
.30
New Zealand
208
135BL
1.50
263
685DM
.30
161
240A
.50
209
135BM
.60
264
685HA
3.00
Northern Ireland
210
159ZA
.60
265
705AB
1.20
162
160DQ
,.25
211
170AE
.60
266
705BA
.30
Scotland
212
170CA
.30
267
715AW
.30
163
420K
4.00
213
170CB
.30
268
715AX
.30
164
42 OL
4.00
214
170CC
.30
269
800BI
.30
Sweden
215
170CD
.30
270
800CF
, .60
165
220BF
.25
216
230BE
.25
271
800CG
.60
166
220BG
.25
217
230BF
.25
272
SlbOBM
.30
167
220BH
.25
218
235AL
.30
273
812AA
.30
168
220BI
.25
219
. 235AK
.30
274
812AB
.30
Turkey
220
2401
.60
275
865AL
.30
169
400RA
1.50
221
240J
.60
276
865AP
.30
South
Africa
222
240K
.75
277
S75AK
.30
170
160C
.60
223
240S
.30
Parking Tokens
171
160D
.60
224
240U
.75
California
172
160E
.60
225
240V
.75
278
3450AA
.25
173
160AB
.60
226
242AA
.30
279
3450AD
1.00
174
160AC
.60
227
315AA
.30
280
3450AE
1.00
175
160AL
.60
228
315AB
.30
Illinois
176
160AH
.60
229
315AC
.30
281-
3150E
.25
177
16 0BK
.60
230
31 SAD
.30
Iowa
178
160BL
.60
231
350AG
.30
282
3300E
.25
179
160BM
.60
232
350AH
.30
Md.
180
160CA
.60
233
350AL
1.00
283
3520A(a)
.25
Wales
234
350AM
1.00
N.C.
181
30AA
.30
235
350AN
1.00
284
3630A
.25
182
30AB
.30
236
350AO
1.00
Wise
on sin
’
183
30AC
.30
237
405DH
.25
285
35 ION
.25
184
30AD
.30
238
445HA(a) 6.00
286
3930A
.25
185
30AL
.30
239
445HA(b) 7.50
US Time Table
186
30 AM
.30
240
452AF
.25
287
F
2.50
England
241
452AG
.30
US
Mfg Samples
187
48BF
.30
242
510AA
.30
288
5N
1.00
188
48BG
.30
243
510AB
.30
289
5 o
1.00
189
48BH
.30
244
510AC
.30
290
5P
1 . 00
190
50BT
.25
245
510AD
.30
291
5Q
1.00
191
50BU
.30
246
510AE
.30
292
5R
1.00
192
90AH
.25
247
530AA
.60
293
llA
.50
193
9 OAR
.25
248
530AB
.60
( continued )
194
90AS
.30
249
530AC
.60
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A.V.A. CONVENTION (1975) MAIL BID AUCTION ( page 4)
-Mag 1975
Lot 294, California State Numismatic Association organized February 22,
1947 Incorporated June 2, 1961 ( CSNA on Calif, map with Calif .flag and
shipXrev.) California State Numismatic Association 52nd Convention,
Oakland , Calif ocnia April 27-29, 1973 (Horsecar) Oakland, Brooklyn &
Fruitvale Railroad Co. From Horsecar to Bart ( Bart train) Bay Area
Rapid Transit ( B 38 Sd) Reserve 1.10
Lot 295, General Motors Motorama'of 1954 ( large GM) ( rev.) Chevrolet
Pontiac Oldsmobile Buick Cadillac 1954 ( Car & spoked wheel)
( B 32 Sd ) Reserve 1.00
Lot 296, General Motors Motorama ( large GM) ( rev.) Chevrolet Pontaic
Oldsmobile Buick Cadillac 1955 ( Car & design) ( B Dd Sd, a 35mm by
29mm diamond with rounded corners) Reserve 2.00
Lot 297, Cable & Day "The Tire Men" Seiberling Cord Tires Plumas Street
Yuba City (rev.) Good fbr $1,00 on any new tire ( A 39 Sd)
(a Calif, token of the 1920’s) Reserve 3.50
Lot 298, Golden Gate International Exposition 1939 San Francisco Bay
(picture of bridge) (rev.) Road of the Streamliners and the Challengers
Union Pacific ( shield with Union Pacific Overland) ( two train engines)
Aluminum in these famous trains furnished by Aluminum Company of
America ( A 32 Sd) Reserve 1.00
Lot 299, Auburn , Washington 75 years 1893-1968 ( large train engine with
airplane overhead) ( rev.) Auburn , Washington Diamond Jubilee Official
Souvcnior Coin, Good for one dollar in trade at Auburn Chamber of Commerce
before November 12, 1968 ( large 1 in center) (Wm 32 Sd) Reserve 1.00
Lot 300, "Pixieland" Central Oregon Coast ( Train engine & Coach)(rev.)
" Pixie Kitchen" Central Oregon Coast ( train engine & Coach)
( B 28 Sd)
Lot 301, Sinclair Retining Company
Gallon Release thru Petinco System
Reserve .30
< signature) (large HC) ( rev.;) Fifty
Code(no. ) (Wm 29 Sd) Reserve 2.00
Lot 302, Sinclair Refining Company (signature)(large HC) (rev.) lOOGallon
Release thru Petinco System (no.) ( Wm 29 Sd) Reserve 2.00
Lot 303, Sinclair Refining Company
Gallon Release thru Petinco System
( Wm 29 Sd)
( 8ignature)(large HC)(rev. ) Fifty
Code PB-AN Sinclair Gasoline
Reserve 2,00
Lot 304, Fiore Coal & Oil Co. ( of Chicago) ( stamped letters) (signature)
(rev.) Good for Fifty Gallons Phillips 66 ( Wm 29 Sd) Reserve 2.00
Part Two the combined Mail & Floor Auction will be published next month.
Kenneth £. Smith
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= riAY SUPPLEMENT TO ATWOOD ‘ S CATALOGUE =
By Ralph Freiberg
CONNECTICUT
Hartford 210 (Reported by Hector Turqeon & Joel Resnick)
DOtTOTOTff4 HARTFORD CONNECTICUT’S LARGEST SHOPPING CENTER
INSTANT REPAY TOKEN (COLONIAL HAT)
C B 22 Sd Thanks Froia Downtovm Hartford (design) (* 3/75) $0.30
[210 C is good on a Connecticut Company bus, or for parking]
MISSOURI
Kansas City Airport 441 (Reported by Meyer ^fnite)
K C I (= li^nsas City International]
WM 23 Sd Good For One Fare (diamonds) (* 1972)
NEW JERSEY
Pleasantville 710 (Reported by Meyer White)
ATLANTIC CITY EXPRESSWAY
C o WM 29 Sd (same as obverse) (* 1968--5/31/72)
D o WM 29 Sd (like C, but v^ith blue anodized aluminum center on both
sides) (* 1969-5/31/72)
[C & D v/ere used by the Express\/ay Police and State Police only; all
tokens of tliis expressway became obsolete 5/31/72.]
(NR). 50
(NR) .50
NEW YORK
White Plains 980 (Reported by Melvin Fox & Joel Reznick)
WESTCHESTER COUNTY TRANSPORTATION TOICEN (MAP)
B B 28 Sd Good on Approved Routes One Fare OT (Mfg mintnark) (*12/74) .35
[Senior Citizen token]
PENNSYLVANIA
Rochester 810 (Reported by Meyer TWhite S Gerald Riedel)
ROCHESTER TRANSIT CO. ROCHESTER, PA.
A o B 23 R Good For One Fare ? .50
[810 A was issued for use on a route from Beaver Falls to Aliquippa on
the millworkers' run, but their use was stopped by the Public Utilities
Commission of Pennsylvania. After the death of the owner his v/idow sold
a quantity of the tokens to an antique dealer in Rochester.]
Sunbury 875 (Reported by Meyer White & Joel Reznick)
S. & N. TRANSIT CO. (BUS)
B B 23 Bl Good For One Fare (bus) (2 slots) (diamonds) (* 1970) .50
[Sunbury & Northumberland, the same name as a horsecar line which operated
in the 1890' s.]
= NOTES BY RALPH FREIBERG =
This month we finally received some of the tokens we had been waiting for, and I
hope more will arrive in time for the June report. We have, first of all, a combina-
tion token good for a bus ride or for parking. And on it we have for the first time
the word "repay," Upon boarding a bus, riders are given tickets which can be punched
by stores they patronize, to indicate the amount purchased. For a $5 purchase one
gets one token, for a $10 purchase one gets tv/o tokens. Bus fare is 30<?; or four to-
kens v/ill be accepted for $1 worth of parking. . .or all day parking. The minimum order
of tokens for a merchant to obtain is 100, or $26 wrth. '[■Jhen we first heard about
this token we didn't know what it was, but a phone call by Joel Reznick got the Tirord
for us, and he convinced the Downtown Council to sell our N.I.S. 200 of them. Note
this is a 22mm token, slightly smaller than the normal .900 size token we call 23mm.
We also have a new mintmark on this token, sort of a colonial hat, which is the emblem
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of the Roger Williams Mint. For the present we'll use this tern.
Next a token used at Kansas City International Airport. We were not able to get
a supply of these for the New Issues Service, and in a letter received by John Coffee
the airport officials said they didn't want to send any out and specifically asked him
to discourage people from writing for the tokens. But if you want to take your chan-
ces, go ahead. From now on I plan to list airport tokens separately frora the city,
as the airports are nearly alv/ays located outside the city limits anyway.
Then a couple of non-revenue tokens, which have been discontinued for about 3
years. Since they are now longer in use, we were able, after a vote of the board
members of the Expressway, to get a supply of these for the N.I.S. We were told that,
though these are no longer in use, they would still register as 50*? in a toll box.
As most of these \irere used about 5 years ago the condition isn't pristine, but we
have to take what we can get and be grateful that v/e got them at all... which, frankly,
we didn't think we would. These were used by police cars passing thru the gates, and
that's why we call this a non-revenue token. Perhaps vfhen other non-revenue tokens
for other turnpikes are distontinued we'll also be able to get quantities of them,
and thereby justify those who refuse to pay $10 to $15 apiece for such tokens.
The senior citizen token of T-Jhite Plains, NY, came out last December, when Mel
Fox read about them in the nev/spaper. The article said the tokens would be sold to
seniors at 6 for $1, with a limit of six at a time. Again we didn't know where to
v;rite, but Joel Reznick, thru some phone calls, found out the office of the County of
Westchester was in White Plains. The tokens are accepted by several bus lines, in-
cluding Club Transportation Co. (listed under Yonkers), Liberty Coaches, and West-
chester Street Transportation Co. After much talking, they finally consented to sell
us a quantity for the New Issues Service at the regular adult rate which, I believe,
is the same as the New York City rate. Had i/e haggled too long \7e might not have got
any tokens at all. It's a very nice looking token but I don't know what mint struck
it— can't tell what the raintmark signifies. This is another case of a token used over
a large area and not limited to one city, and perhaps it should simply be given a
listing of "Westchester County," but v'e opted for the home office in White Plains.
Another similar problem is NY 630 AM, which is listed from Manhattan, though it was
supposed to be used in Westchester County. But the office was in Manhattan, which is
why we opted for 630.
The Rochester, PA, token was made back in 1965 and was supposed to be used for a
mill run on one of the routes of the Rochester Transit Co. But for some reason they
were refused permission to use the tokens! We learned about the token, and it took a
little digging by Gerald Riedel to find out ivhat happened to the token supply. It
seems that after the death of the former owner (who ordered the tokens). Jack Mignan-
elli, his widow sold at least a thousand of the tokens to an antique dealer in Roch-
ester. Said dealer will sell them for $1 each. Since the token was never used, and
since we think $1 is exorbitant, the New Issues Service will not handle distribution
of this one. What also discouraged us was that when we wrote said antique dealer for
a couple tokens (at his price of $1 per) x^e didn't get a reply, and had to send a
follow-up letter to see V7hat happened. So if we mentioned this guy's name K address,
we couldn't guarantee that members v/ho wrote him xrauld ever get their token or their
dollar back. We also are not about to give free advertising to non-member dealers.
We offered to buy 200 of them from him at 40<: to 50t apiece, but he insisted that
we take the whole thousand at 40'r each, and we’re in no position to do that. At this
time I don't know if Gerald Riedel would consider it worth his while to buy any at $1
each and pay for gas to make the trip to Rochester or not. That is up to him.
Incidentally, when I mention tokens like this which may be available at $1.00,
for heaven's sake remember to send postage in addition to the actual cost. In the
old days at 3^ it xrasn't so important, but now with IQ*? postage it is no small item.
Mr. Riedel, in reporting on the Rochester token, also mentioned that some of
the tokens of Elmira, NY, like NY 230 D and F, were being used in the Beaver Falls
area as adult fares, and NY 230 G and B as student fares. But their use was stopped
in 1959 by Beaver Valley Motor Coaches. Until 1971 NY 230 J was used as an adult
fare by Hilltop Bus on the Patterson Heights run only. This is a case v;here the com-
pany in Elmira was oxmed by the same people, and when tokens were discontinued in El-
mira, NY, they were sent over to Beaver Falls and later used there. Beaver Valley
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Motor Coach o^vned Hilltop Bus, Woodla\m & Southern, and Ambridge Motor Coach, and
many of these tokens of these companies were stored away in boxes under lock and key.
Perhaps someday they will surface again, or perhaps be destroyed. You never knov; what
tokens my be stored away in company safes. Go, anywavr we know that quantities of
the follotving are now in storage: NY 230 B D F G J; Pa 65 R S, 10 C D E F, 25 E.
We also have found another token from Sunbury. This company first got some tok-
ens in 1970, and reordered more in 1974. But they needed all they had because they
sold quantities each raonth to some business firm. Through a phone call, Joel Reznick
suggested they order another thousand, and perhaps by selling us 200 it would cover
their cost of making the whole thousand. V^e figured we would have to pay about 35 ^^
each, but after they reordered, they charged us 50 ^ each, which is why listing is 50<^.
This is something we do occasionally: ask a company to order another thousand tokens
so that we can get 200 for our Nev; Issues Service — if there seems no other way we can
get them. We may have to pay a bit more, but this is still better than paying $1 to
$2 apiece after the supply has been sold off to an antique dealer. Incidentally,
transportation in Sunbury dates back to 1690 when there was a Sunbury & Northumberland
Company. S & N Transit was a subsidiary of the old streetcar company, which operated
the bus division.
We hope to have some school tokens to list next month. We*re having some trouble
obtaining a couple of them: one is used in Washington, DC, where our member seems to
be having trouble connecting. Another is being used out here in California. The
trouble with the California token is that the new ones are mixed in with old tokens,
and if we buy a roll of tokens we are likely as not to get more old ones than new
ones, and the old ones we would be stuck with as everyone already has them. However
the company expects the arrival of another order, and promised to sell us 200 of them
when they arrive. But I ha still sitting here i^aiting for word on that.
Last year I ran a list of tokens using the two types of stock reverses on 16imn
tokens picturing the type #3 bus. I hoped to get a better response than I did, to
see if I left any out. But only heard from half a dozen collectors, and from them
learned I did miss a couple. But it is a large amount of work to make up such lists,
and it is really important for collectors to check them over and let me know if I
have omitted any. Photos of these stock reverses appeared on Page 116 of the Septem-
ber 1974 Fare Box, and a list of the tokens on Page 127. I have learned of a couple
I didn't know about: a B variety on Ark 360 H, and a B variety on NC 360 A. I need
both of these and would not know if anyone t/ould have any duplicates that I could get
or if extras would be available from the source.
I OTote about these varieties while in hospital last fall, and expected some to
write me asking about the B variety on Ala 570 F, of which I obtained some extras.
I guess the question is, Hov; many people would be interested in such minor varieties
and should I use the space to mention them. Some of the information obtained from
the Meyer & Wenthe records shows that companies sometimes would order the same token
half a dozen times. So quite possibly there would be die varieties on such tokens.
If you would like me to indicate such companies which frequently reordered, and which
therefore might have die varieties, let me know. Won't use the space unless I hear
that someone is interested.
*****
= THE ATKINS COLLECTION =
As of today, May 5, all who have sent payment for tokens they received in the
Third Atkins Auction have had their tokens mailed to them, and they should have re-
ceived them by the time this issue gets there. About 65^3 of the tokens in the collec-
tion remain unsold, but of course nearly all of the ’'cream” has been sold, and I have
insufficient energy to run any more of these auctions. Present plans are for me to
take the balance of the collection to the AVA Convention at Los Angeles, where the
tokens will be priced for quick sale at fixed prices. There is nothing secret about
all this. So far we have taken in about $6,700, with about $300 outstanding from the
auction. The rest of the tokens being mostly quite common, I doubt if we can squeeze
another $1,000 out of them. But, stilt, we did better by far than I anticipated!
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-May 1975’
"THE SPIRIT OF ’76" ~ Seventv-six different TT's cataloguing up to $2.50 each, only
$11.76 prepaid. = Bill Williqe s ~ Hox 445 - Wheatland, CA 95692
EXONUMIA AUCTION of Century of Progress 1933-34 - over 200 lots,
write; = Joel J. Reznick - 120 So. LaSalle St.
For catalogue please
Chicago, IL 60603
JAMBOREE EAST 1975 - October 17-19 - at the Holiday Inn-Airport, Pittsburgh, PA.
Start planning nov; to be there for the biggest token event of the year in the East.
Bourse dealers, disclays, meetings, etc. For informtion write to;
Duane H. Feisel - P.O. Box 1302 - Los Altos, CA 94022
FOR SALE AT $7.25 or trade for 15 Indian cents in Good or better, or fair offer of
ILL. TT’s with cat. value over 25<:, one set of 5 diff. St. Paul, 111., Mercantile Co.
mdse, tokens used between 1900 & 1925. The toim is now a Ghost Town with just a
church, gas station & a fev; other bldgs. Ten sets available,
A1 Kremer 2601 Simpson St. - Evanston, IL 80201
TT's FOR SALE: 25<? each + postage: Ky 510 ATI; La 670 B; Md 60 AT AU; Mich 75 D E F G
I J; 225 F, 680 O, 735 E, 3920 A; Minn 540 AI, 680 F G; Mo 800 G, 910 D; Neb 700 I;
NH 720 A B; WJ 15 A B, 115 F G, 555 D, 825 B.
Claude G. Thompson - 3757 Kipling Ave. So. Minneapolis, MM 55416
AUCTION; census token Tenn 430 F (v.p, condition). Also Australia 430 XA; China 720
G; Germany 390 J; Mexico 600 A; Peru 480 B (nice E.F.); Sweden 820 JN; also Ind 3660
A and Calif 3450 AQ. - Stephen Album P.O. Box 4039 - Berkeley, CA 94704
FOR TRADE: Va 3660 Ba for any token other than v^ooden tokens,
to a customer. » B.R. Rogers - 3561 Sev/ells Pt. Rd.
No more than 5 trades
Norfolk, VA 23513
STATE OF ISRAEL bronze medal, 59nni, for the International Congress of Public Trans-
1965, depicting train, bus, camels, Hebrew & English legend. $9.75 postpaid.
Yosef Sa'ar - Ta Doar 533 - 88 100 Elat, Israel
WANTED: Mass 210 B, 305 A, 550 M P, 630 F, 650 R, 970 B.
Melvin E. Beaton - 111 Spring Street
West Roxbury, MA 02132
WILL TRADE BOORS OF ALL KINDS from 1863 to 1970 for U.S, stamps S all kinds of U.S,
transp. tokens. = Frank E, Boldizar - 1700 Lvons Ave. Lansing, MI 48910
FOR TRADE OR BEST CASH OFFER:
wery tokens. = Littlefield
Mo 820 E. Trade for saloon, Missouri merchant or bre-
•* 4841 Hannover - St. Louis, MO 63123
FOR SALE AT QUOTED PRICES + POSTAGE: Ont 900 P 45C; Oue 190 C as is IS*?; Denmark 5 R
45«?, T 35«; Cal 575 N 25<?, O SO-f; Conn 210 C 45«; 111 535 B 35^; NC 150 A 40<f; NY 980
B 504; Pa 70 A 154, 875 B 654, 940 B 154; wis 700 I 454, plus all 1000' s listed last
month. English list upon request. Send stamped envelope.
John G. Nicolosi - 3002 Galindo St. - Oakland, CA 94601
HAVE REAL ESTATE TOKEN ILL 150 E without cent for trade, one only, want 3 154 TT's I
need. Send list. - Robt. Spencer 4430 Gladiola Golden, CO 80401
I will trade my tax tokens for your Puerto Rico 640 A 3 C D E P (one for one): Col.
red fibre 24; Wash, green plastic 14; Wash, fibre tax token 144 or less; Ala. Dept,
of Revenue 14 fibre; Okl a. Consumer tax 54 bronze; Miss. 54 bronze payment token;
Mo. sales tax receipt 14; Ala. state tax comm, alum. 14 token; Mo, 54 tax receipt;
La* 14 alum, luxury tax; Colo. 24 alum, sales tax.
Pedro C. Rosario - 220 St. J.A. 18 Country Club - Rio Piedras, PR 00924
FOR SALE; the rare NY 628 C for $20. See lot #155 of Atkins auction page 195 in Dec.
1974 Fare Box; vi?inning bid was $27.85 for this token on page 16 of Feb, 75 Fare Box!
Morton H. Dawson - 182 TIhiting Lane - West Hartford, CT 06119
WANTED; Ca 25 A, 105 A, 110 A B C D, 125 a” B C D, 205 ABC, 275 C E, 300 C D E I J L
and need others. - Gordon Fitzgerald - 15530 LeMarsh St. - Mission Hills, CA 91340
FOR SALE: OH 830 D E F; MSPT 3060 A; SC 3100 B C, 3700 A, 154 each or the 7 for $1.00.
Ten Ohio 830 D for $1 or 30 Ohio 830 D for $2 bill. All trade +SAE,
Joe Studebaker 2614 Legare St. - Beaufort, SC 29902
CATALOGUE OF WORLD TRANSPORTATION TOKENS & PASSES except North America, first edition
1967 at $5 either bound or looseleaf. Autographed if desired. Order directly from;
Kenneth E, Smith - 328 Avenue F - Redondo Beach, CA 90277
REAL ESTATE TOKENS (1973) - just found 5 more copies in mint condition of this book
which is now out of print - 64 pages with pictures of nearly every token, only $2.50
postpaid (cardboard cover). This is also your last chance to get a second copy of
ATl’iOOD'S CATALOGUE 3rd edition (loose-leaf or bound) for $7.50 pp. After June 1 it
will be $8 to members. Still have some SUPPLEMENTS 1973 for $1.50 postpaid.
American Vecturist Assn. - P.O. Box 1204 = Boston, MA 02104
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ITE'W ISSUES EDITOR
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■San f^rancisco, ^Qalifoinia
91117
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Volume 29, Number 6
JUNE, 1975
Our 336th Issue
May 27, Vi?e missed our deadline for this issue because A,B, Dick didn^t get the
paper and stencils here until this afternoon. The July issue will be published on
eibher the 15th or 22nd, so please rush all ads and articles to the Editor, as time
is very short# I shall leave Boston via Amtrak on June 27, stopping over in Washing-
ton, Chicago, Denver, and San Francisco, on my way to Tacoma, arriving in Tacoma on
July 17 after what I pray will be a pleasant trip, but after last year I'm not so
sxire. You’ve all probably heard about the rail fan whose wife had a 3Daby that ar-
rived two weeks late, so they named him "Amtrak,** An August issue of no more than 8
pages will be published from Tacoma during the first week in August, and then there
will be a pause of at least six weeks until a September issue comes out from Boston.
I look forward to meeting everybody at the Los Angeles Convention of the A.V.A,
which will be held August 15-17, I expect to be coming down from Tacoma by Amtrak,
Speaking of said convention, you will find enclosed with this issue an envelope ad-
dressed to Bob Ritterband, this year’s convention chairman. You are to use this en-
velope to send Bob your advance registration (and thereby save yourself a little from
vjhat you will otherwise have to pay at the door) , Conventions are very expensive to
set up, and Bob needs some working capital. So entirely aside from saving money,
please send in your advance registration for altruistic reasons and help Bob pay cur-
rent expenses!
Last month I asked for volunteers to help prepare a new Personal Token catalogue,
by typing a neat copy for it. The line forms to the right. So far a great silence
has greeted that plea. llhLch is understandable. It is a big job. Well, when I get
around to it I’ll do it myself, perhaps as a section in the new Supplement to the At-
wood Catalogue. Speaking of which, every once in a v/hile I get a query from some in-
nocent soul asking why we don’t publish a Fourth Edition. Well, if no one wants to
do a little personal token listing, you can imagine all the volunteers for what will
be a 900 to 1,000-page opus. If we want to charge $35 a copy and hire professional
typists, no doubt we can have frequent editions. But under the present dispensation
with volunteer help, we have to await his (my) ability and time to do it which, from
the present vantage, seems way off yonder somewhere in the future. So, for the time
being, we shall have to be satisfied with another, but much fancier, supplement,
which will have lots of pictures and historical data not in the original. That much
I’m ready to do as soon as we digest more of the Meyer & Wenthe files.
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= NEVA MEETING IN MAY =
-June J975-
The last meeting of the North Eastern Vecturist Association was held May 10 at
the Railroad YMCA, Penn Station, New York City, and was attended by 12 collectors:
Frank Brady, Bob Epstein, Charles Heaton, Ralph Hinde, Jim f^rquis, Al MacDonald, Ev
Mastrich, Bill Schwichrath, Herb Weiss, Jack Wilcox, Ed Wadhams, and Al Zaika. It is
encouraging to know that collectors will travel a good distance for tokens: Heaton
from Syracuse, Zaika from Philadelphia, Wadhams from Darien, Mastrick from Stamford,
Only a couple of us are actually in the city limits!
The bourse table opens the moment any two collectors get together. Boxes, vinyl
pages, loose — any way you want them — the tokens are there for everybody to see. As
our regulars know, the business of the club is to get collectors together. No formal
ities. Come and see for yourself.
Next meeting of NEVA Is scheduled for July 12, and the welcome mat is out to all
*****
= JUNE NEW ISSUES SERVICE REPORT -
By John G, Nicolosi
This nonth will be a let-dotm after the past several months. Things are begin-
ning to slow up all of a sudden. One token you will get this month is Cal 615 C,
Not many of you have this city represented in your collections so now you have, even
though this one is a modern plastic token. Our sincere thanks to John Treiribley for
making this available to us.
Those of you on imf foreign list vrill receive two from Scotland, 360 CF and CG.
As usual our thanks to Ken Smith for getting these for the New issues Service,
We do have several more U.S. tokens pending, and v/ith luck they will be here by
the time you receive this issue. If I do get tJ^em I'll mail them tl^is month even
though they aren't listed yet. Possibly one from Washington, D.C,, and one from
Tennessee .
This is the time of year for members to make plans to attend the A,V,A, conven-
tion which this year will be at Los Angeles, This is very important: if you are a
N.I.S, member and plan to pick up your token at the convention, and if you don't want
me to send you one, then please wri te and tell me . If I don’t hear from you, I shall
mail you the tour tcJzen.
This month we shorten our waiting list by two, and welcome Elmer Hamano of Hono-
lulu and. Ted Snook of Denver, to Associate Member status. Welcome aboard,
= THE TORNIO, FINLAND, FERRY TOKEN =
By Les Hawthorne
The Helsinki (Finland) National Museum informs me that an unlisted token I have
was used by a ferry service between 1920 and 1939 at the town of Tornio, Finland,
Tornio is situated on the mouth of the Tornion River, which forms the border between
Finland and Sweden in that area. Description of the token follows:
5 / TORNION / JOKI (incuse)
B 25 Pc (blank) (very thin brass)
The Museiun also informed me that the token from Viborg, Finland 880 F (which I
own) which was reported by J. Douglas Ferguson, was used by a bus line prior to 1940
when that part of Finland was taken over by the Russians. That is, the town is now
part of the Soviet Union, but the token was used when it was part of Finland, before
1940.
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= DELIGHTED, DISAPPOINTED, BUT CONTENTED =
By Lloyd E. Wagaman
-Page. 73-
Sunday, April 27, in the Indianapolis area dawned as per the forecast. Cloudy
skies with possible showers, a ten-mile breeze and an expected high in the low 60’s.
All considered it was really a good day to stay home and catch up on some token
work, of which 1 am always behind. This was to be the opening day of one of our lo-
cal flea markets. I probably would have stayed home, but as I felt I should visit an
83-year-otd aunt who is in failing health, my wife and I ventured out. Now this lo-
cal flea market is about 20 miles away, but it happens to be right on the way to my
Aunt May’s. I couldn’t resist stopping at the flea market, but I told the wife that
if we got too cold we could cut the stay short. First table I stopped at I bought a
blow torch; second table, nothing; third table, a dealer from whom I’ve purchased
numerous items asked me, ’’Find any good tokens lately?” I replied negative, and we
continued. Fourth table, nothing. Fift table, I spotted a yellow celluloid token
in the case. It had the side up with the little trolley on it, so I assumed it was
probably one of those common celluloid pieces from Lancaster, Ohio. I asked the man
if it was from Lancaster, Ohio, and he said ”No, it is from Indianapolis.” i just
couldn’t believe this was happening to me. I asked if I could see it and also the
price. You can imagine my del ight when I saw it was truly from CITIZENS ST RR CO
INDNPLS INO, Ind 460 A, and the price was 75<f. Of course I had to go back to the
third table and show this fine find to the dealer there.
Now, we a t I know that all that glitters is not gold, and I was soon to become
disappointed with my new find. There was what appeared to be a scratch on one side
of the token. My wife asked, "Are you sure that thing isn't cracked?” I insisted
it was only a scratch. Well, after covering the balance of the flea market with no
further purchases worth mentioning, we continued on to Aunt May’s house. While there
I was, of course, looking at and showing my precious find. I really don't know why
I applied a little pressure to the token, unless to prove to myself that it was only
scratched. At any rate if it wasn't cracked before, it sure is now. It just seemed
almost to fall apart in my hands! I then had two pieces, the smaller of which had
CITIZENS ST and the F of fare, with the balance on the larger portion. The wife al-
ways did say that I didn’t know when to leave well enough alone.
My story does have a happy ending, however. With the help of good old Elmer's
Glue I managed to reassemble the two pieces, and it only shows a hair-line crack
where the break was. Now, of course, I would prefer it not to be cracked, but I am
still tickled pink to be able to add this piece to my col lection. I real ize it's
worth far less since the break, but then it isn't for sale so the value doesn't really
matter. This is probably the only specimen of Ind 460 A I’ll ever have the opportun-
ity to own.
*****
= NEW FINDS =
In addition to Lloyd’s bitter-sweet story above, some other members are beginning
to connect. Roger Bolz vfrites tnat he just purchased the second knowm example of
Nebr 855 A. He also found an unlisted Missouri depotel at an Omaha antique show for
just a dollar. "The next best token,” he adds, ”ims NH 430 C, also for a dollar."
David Schenkinan wites that he has picked up a few good ones. As he puts it:
”I picked up a few good tokens--Ark 15 B; lov/a 240 A; Kan 120 A (from an antique
dealer's junk box); Ohio 165 J (from Joe's auction), Mich 65 H; and Ont 950 B u C.
So the rare tokens are still available. Just missed getting a Fredericksburg Bridge
token by a couple of weeks--I'll tell you about it sometime. I now know where two of
these tokens are in Fredericksburg, both owned by coin collectors who don’t collect
tokens. However they won't part with tliem for anything, at least, so far." I5ost
of these tokens are for sale in David’s ad in this issue, if you can afford them.
Rare tokens are still out there, I suppose part of success is having the right
positive attitude. Therefore, in the August issue I shall report finding a dozen
census tokens for ray ovm collection, after a very successful cross-country trip!
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- The 1975 Census of Rare Tokens -
by Harold V. Ford
6641 Saroni Drive
Oakland, Calif. 94611
This is a list of those transportation tokens of which fewer than ten
are known in the hands of collectors. These are the ’’census tokens."
If the letter is underlined, three or less are in the hands of col-
lectors, Collectors swapping rare tokens are advised to consult this
list in preference to catalogue values in the Atwood Catalogue , be-
cause values of rare tokens in the Atwood Catalogue were simply based
on the 1969 census, which in the case of a number of tokens is now
much outdated. Thus if a token catalogued at #7«50 in Atwood is not
listed in this list, there are now more than ten of them known.
Please write me if you have' any questions in regard to this list.
Ala 120 A 220 F 470 A 560 C E G L 0 R 750 A 800 B
Alaska 30D A B 450 C
Ariz 640 F
Ark 15 A B 75 A 150 A B 0 500 A B 515 A 560 A 720 A 885 A
Calif , 2^0 A 45^ A 445 I' ”525 A “575 B C B 615 I B 65^0 715 A B
D H I 745 A B 0 N“ 760 C“ 775 A“B“ H15 A B“ 590 A
Colo 40 0 “60 D 580 I 760 A 860 A B 890 A
Conn 55 ^ 160 A 220 A 250 A 255 A 0 290“A 505 ABC, 525 A
750“A - - - , -
Fla 230 A“ 310 A 580 I Q R V 530 G 540 D
Ga 50 A 60 A B C D E F G 270 A 750 A B 0 D F 905 A
Haw 21 O A E K
Ida 740 A B
111 95 A“ 120 A 122 A 125 A 135 D E 140 A I 50 D E F G H K L M
N 0 P Q Y IH 190“A B l55 A 22^0“A 290“A 295”A“ 555 A B
575 A B 415 ABO 425 A ^35 A B 455 G“ 580 A 600 A B
6 O 5 I B 650 J B 655 A 690 A 0 “768 A B 795 G 820 I B
910 II “
Ind 20 A 140 A , 160 A B 0 180 B 270 B 405 A 450 C 460 A B C
K M 490 A 510 D 525 A 580 0 605 A 6l5 A E 680 E 685 A B
700 A B C“E 780 A 820“A B 86 O A 950 A 950 A B “
Iowa 20 I 50 C 75 A 80 A I “90 A I 50 A B C 150“0 180 A B
240 A 290 A B 300 A B“C F 510 B 375 I B 380 A B 0 D E F G
HI 485 A 550 A 555 A B" 565 A 575 A“ 630 A 640 A 6 D F G
I J K R 660 A B 700 A 710 A B 850 A“B 0 D I F G H I J Y
865 I 875 A 860 A 9 T 0 B 9^0 A 930“A B K“ 580 I B
Kans 85 A B C lIO A 370 A 450 H 575 A 605 II 620 I I C D E
F G H 640 A B C E 66 O AB5DEIGHI“ 700 A B” 775 I I
785 I 850 A 950 ABC “955”A~B”C“ 5i5 I 970 I “
Ky 10 A B C“-E F R 85 A B D“ 100 A“B“C~D E 200 A 270 A C 370 A B
465 A” 510 IEMPSWAAAF^ISATIU 520 A 560“A 641 A“B“
C D I 670 A 680“A B 885 A 570 A
La 145 A 470 I B 675 I J 795 B 815 ABODE
Mary 60 A E F 6 I S 605 5 940 B
Mass 115 C“t)“E"F“ 260 B C 295 A
Mich 5 B 65 A I H I 70 I B; C 570 A H 510 A B 525 B N 530 A C
J 5 560 A I 590 A C D“ 605 C E G 63 O A 670 A 680 B D“G
735 A 845 ^945 I “ “ --
Minn 40 A 50 A B 0 D E“F GHIJK 60 AB 110 A C 230 A D E
300 A 405 I 4T0 a 535 I 470 A 545 E 635 I B 660 ABO
720 I 730 I 765 I B 975 A 980 A “ ~ -
Miss 620 I 720 ABC 905 B H 980 A ”
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Mo 10 A 25 A 70 A B G IJO B 160 A B 190 A B 200 A 0 D E £ G
550 A B 550 B E 570 A B 450 A B 455 A 580 A 640 B 665 A
700 B 820 E 850 B 860 ABC 910 P S ^ 920 A B 0 B E P G
980 A B 990 A
Mont 52U S B 690 A
Nebr 120 A B 520 I 570 A 440 B 0 D 540 A B E F G H I J K L M
700 B I) 850 S 855 A 940 I
Nev 250 A
N J 20 A”B C 145 A 175 A 290 B 0 D E 590 A B 0 D 750 A B
K M 450 B
H Y 105 I C 140 A B C D 240 A 285 0 445 A B 595 A B 629 A B
650 ACEFGHIJKMEORS 651 R 890 B B 055 A B C D
NO 40 A 14(5 I 2H0 A B G D 590 A 700 I 950 A
N B 60 I 260 I 600 A B 0 620 A
OBio 10 'H I J “50 A '55 A E 165 ABODEFHIJKLAG 166 B C
DEFGHI 175AEFGHIJKLMN0PQHSUTAB
2l0 A 250 ABCSfOTKTSaaI 240 A^B C D 270 A 290 0
410 I 450 A B 465“A B 0“ 495 O 515 A B 555 A 5^50 A
625 AO 660 I 700 A 750 A 745 A 785 A 790 B 850 A B
870 A 900 A D E F OlO ABO 995 A B
Okla 190 A B 295 X 5^0 A 5^0 A B 0 D 4^5 A 590 A 900 A
Ore 120 A 160 I ^45 A “
Pa 15 A B 20 A 75 A "115 A B 125 A I 50 A B 140 A 165 B D
260 A 515 B C 520 B 0 D 550 A B C D 555 A 585 A B 0 D
595 A B 400 A E 455 1 495 P 515 A 526 A B 0 D AA"^A BB BC
BD BE BF CA CB CC CD DA DB DC EA EB EC ED EE EF EG eH El FA FB
OlGlHXimHCjXJBJOjSESKB *ToF'A'”675 A~ '^OH S“ 755“0
F’G 745 a C E ^50 ODE HT ITO TUVAW 7 O 5 ABCEFGH
LMNOTUVWADAE 770 AB 785 X 850 CD 875 A 905 A
965 A B E F G H J 975 BCE 985 A 1
R I 620 B G " “
SC 510 X 650 A
S D 570 A B 580 A 725 A 840 G 890 A B C 970 A
Tenn 450 C“D E F K 490 X 600 X D 690 I 1 C D
Tex 55 A B 75 A. 120 A "155 A ”140 A B "520”A F 540 A 0 D E
570 A 445 F G H 465 A 550 A 555 A 580 A 710 A 77o“A B O
810 A B G H J 840 B 890 B 900 A 950 A 550 A B D 955 A
965 X B 0 E f I L 585 A “ " " “
Utah 525 A D 750 A B 800 X
Va 20 B 50 A 65 A 110 A 550 A 535 A B C D E 580 A B D 600 M
NOP 620 M 0 660 A B 7 OO X 75 O X B 8%)"A 940"A"
Wash 5 B 80 A B 100 A 15 O A 250 A B 590 A 590 A 780 A J
85 O A B 880 K 9^0 E 950 A " “
W Va 20 A 100 A B 550 A 85 O A 890 ABCEFGHIJKLMNOP
Wise 20 B 50 A B 105 B 160 A"B C D E F I 70 A 18U A C D B
245 A 56(5 5 410 B 420 A B C D G 440 A C D 5 OO A 510 B
511 X 520 A B 535 A B 0 D E" 56^ ABO" 605 A B 700 A C
750 A B 7915 U D E L 525 A 840 A B "850 A 870"C D, E
880 X B D 910 X B 930 A B 935 X B 0 955 A 985 B B G
Wyo 120 A 150 A
DO 500 F AH AK "
PR 560 AC
This census is based on information received in regard to the discov-
ery and trading of rare tokens. I try to check out auctions and
trades between members. I appreciate members' cooperation in report-
ing trades, auctions, and sales. Therefore, I will not get a double
count on the same token and drop it from the census sooner than
justified.
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= JUNE SUPPLEMENT TO ATWOOD'S CATALOGUE =
By Ralph Freiberg
-Jane 7975-
CALIFORNIA
Pacific Grove 615 (Reported by John Trembley)
PACIFIC GROVE MINI-MONARCH
C Pr 23 Sd Token Good For 1 Ride (white letters) (* 5/74)
UNIDENTIFIED (Reported by Bill Fowler to John Coffee)
NOTRE DAME SCHOOL
149 B 23 Sd Bus Fare
$0.15
= NOTES BY RALPH FREIBERG =
I was expecting a couple more tokens to arrive by nov7, but they haven't so we
list what we have. The City of Pacific Grove, which is right next to Monterey, star-
ted up its own little mini bus line in 1974 and named it after the butterfly the city
is famous for. This mini bus serves areas where the bus line from Monterey does not
go. Transfers are accepted from Monterey Bus and also if you would v^ant to transfer
to the Monterey bus you have to pay the fare, v;hich is the same as in Monterey, and
then you can transfer to the Monterey bus. Monterey-Carmel fare is 35<=, and Pacific
Grove a dine.
There are many Notre Dame schools in this country, Mr. Fovrler was told this
token was probably from Kerrville, Texas, but the school there says they know nothing
about the token.
Mr, Coffee tvill publish one more issue of The Fare Box before leaving Boston for
the West Coast, which means I must have another Supplement in two weeks. We do hope
to receive some more tokens by then, but if not they v;ill just have to wait till the
August or September issue. The New Issues Service tokens for August usually consist
of the A,V.A. convention token.,. and again let me remind you, if you plan to attend
the convention and get your token tliere, and don't v/ant another from Nick, be sure to
wite and let him know in advance.
From the Meyer S Wenthe records we have learned of tlie existence of a number of
tokens that were made, but which no collector has ever heard of. We know the exact
description, but we aren't going to list such tokens until v/e actually see one of
them. Then X'^e also know of the existence of several tokens v/hich have been made, but
xdiich have not yet been put into use— for example, two different ones from Philadel-
phia — but again xi?e aren't going to list these until they are put into use or other-
wise made available. For one reason, past experience indicates that if we did list
these tokens a bunch of collectors xTOuld so pester the company for them that they'd
be soured on the hobby and x^re'd end up never getting a supply!
The Franklin Mint has struck several varieties of transportation tokens over the
past fev/ years, but it appears that they are going out of the transportation token
business. Transit companies whose tokens were made by Franklin Mint, and who wish to
reorder more tokens of the sane design, have as a result been forced to use otJier
mints. This has resulted in some tokens x^hich come xrith two different mintmarks,
as xirell as entirely different die xvork, although tlie general design and x/ording are
the same. But the difference is clearly evident to anyone x/ho sees the two tokens
side by side. One example of this is Pa 263 A, and Mr. Coffee hopes to be able to
run photos of the txiro types in this issue or the next one.
*****
= GATHERING OF BATS ON JULY 6 =
The annual get-together of the Bay Area Token Society at Duane Feisel's beautiful
home is scheduled this year for Sunday, July 6, from Noon to 5 pm. There will be the
usual sumptuous buffet lunch and all token collectors are welcome. John Coffee will
be there with Atkins tokens to sell. Address: 869 Gardenia Way, Los Altos, Calif.
Feisel's phone number is 941-2690. If you plan to come, please notify Duane now.
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55" Annuol Convention of the AMERICAN VECTURiST ASSOCIATION
-TOKEHS TREASURy . . .
Plus Plenty Of Pleasure For Pour Entire Family
This gathering, with TOKEN COLLECTORS from all parts of the United States and Canada
will be on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 15”i7» 1975* Convention hotel is the
Ramada Inn/Airport, 9620 Airport Blvd,, Los Angeles 90OO9* Reasonable rates here
with plenty of free parking. (Also it is just one block to headquarters hotel for
the 84 th A.N.A. convention a few days later.) Our Life Member #1, Roland C. Atwood ,
and charter president Max M. Schwartz , will both be on hand to greet all Vecturists.
Your hosts for this conclave, the California Association of Token Collectors, really
want YOU to be here with us too.
Rememberi An encore session
will be held Friday morning,
August 22, during the A.N.A.
meeting. We will be proud to
present Curly Mitchell and
Ken Smith in an excellent new
program about George Francis
Train, famous early American
and British transportation
engineer and builder.
Admission to this fine added
event is just one more pa.rt
of your A.V.A. registration.
Whatever kinds of Tokens you
collect — U.S. transportation,
foreign, parking, car wash,
trade checks or ??? — you
will not find a better chance
than at this meeting to buy,
sell or swap.
DON’T YOU MISS IT!
Registration for the 25th Annuai Convention of A.V.A. includes:
• Convention badge and ribbon
* All sessions at Ramada Inn/ Airport
* Annual banquet and entertainment
* Token auction, with many lots
* Handsome A.V.A. advertising mirror by EM Creations
* Round-trip charter bus to visit “The Queen" at Long Beach
* Beautiful new souvenir token for bus ride
* Extensive guided tour through “Queen Mary"
* Encore meeting during A.N.A. to hear all about
George Francis Train
• Colorful printed program
* Many special surprises
All of this for only $15.50, with a buck-and-a-half discount
for "Early Bird" registrations before July IS.
For further information, write or phone;
ROBERT M. RITTERBAND
General Chairman
6576 Colgate Avenue, Los Angeles 90048
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= SUPPLEMENT #7 TO FEISEL'S CATALOGUE OF PARKING t’OkenS =
by Duane H. Feisel
GEORGIA
Americus 3035 A (Reported by DHP)
AMERICUS PAPJCIKG, INC. AMERICUS, GA. (GATE)
A o Bz 25 Sd Parcoa Token (gate) (rev, C) [ca. 8/63-?] $0.25
ILLINOIS
Argo" "^'5^ 18 (Reported by DHF)
ARGO-SUMMIT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SHOP & SAVE
A o B 22 Sd Good Only In Parking Meters [8/72-11/73] .15
Belleville 3042 (Reported by DHF)
BELLEVILLE MEDICAL BUILDING BELLEVILLE, ILL*
C B 23 Sd Token [6/72- ] ,25*
Bloomington 3070 (Reported by DHF)
CITY OF BLOOMINGTON ILLINOIS
B B 22 Sd For Use In Parking Meters Only Good For
One Hour Parking [12/1/74- ] ,15
INDIANA
Anderson 3020 (Reported by DHF)
COURTESY DOWNTOWN RETAIL ASSN.
A B 22 Sd Good Only For Parking Lot Meters [5/73- ] .15
East Chicago 3230 (Ex-unattributed 3026; location by Ben Odesser)
ST, CATHARINE HOSPITAL (GATE)
D Bz 25 Sd Parcoa Token (gate) (rev, G) ,25*
KENTUCKY
Bowling Green 3080 (Reported by DHF)
qiTY OF BOWLING GREEN KY.
A B 22 Sd Good Only In Parking Meters [7/1/74- ] .15
MICHIGAN
Ishpeming 3515 (Reported by DHF)
MINERS* FIRST NATIONAL BANK ISHPEMING, MICHIGAN
A o WM 25 Sd (blank) (11/69-?] 1.00
MINNESOTA
Mcmkato 3510 (Reported by DHF)
LANDKAMER (GATE)
A Bz 25 Sd Parcoa Token (gate) (rev, G) [1/73- ] .25
Minneapolis 3540 (Reported by DHF from records)
MINNEAPOLIS PARK BOARD (GATE)
D o Bz 25 Sd Parcoa Token (gate) (rev. A?) [ca 10/55]
MISSISSIPPI
Boone Vi lie 3100 (Reported by DHF)
CITY OF BOONEVILLE MISSISSIPPI
A B 22 Sd 5^ Parking Token [ca. 2/68- ] ,15
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NORTH CAROLINA
STcKory 3440 (Reported by DHF)
THE NORTHWESTERN BANK HICKORY, N.C.
A o B 25 Sd Parking Token [8/67-?] $0,25
Oxford 3635 (Reported by DHF)
OXFORD, N.C. PARKING TOKEN 1 HOUR
A B 22 Sd (blank) [circa 9/65- ] .15
OKLAHOMA
Stillwater 3810 (Reported by DHF)
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT UNION
A o B 22 Sd (blank) [circa 1/71-?] ,15
PENNSYLVANIA
LewXsburg 3568 (Reported by DHF)
BOROUGH OF LEWISBURG PENNSYLVANIA
A B 22 Sd Good Only In Designated Meters [4/74- ] ,15
Philadelphia 3750 (Reported by Ed Dence)
D [DREXEL UNIVERSITY]
S B 22 Sd (blank) [circa 5/74- ] .25
Union City 3928 (Reported by DHF)
"BORO OF UNION CITY"
A Bz 22 Sd Parking Meter Token [12/1/74- ] .15
TEXAS
Fort'lVorth 3340 (Ex-unattributed #3009; location by Jerry Adams)
KLEINSCHMIDT’S BAKERY
K o B 22 Sd (same as obverse) 1,00
VrYOMING
Sheridan 3750 (Ex-unattributed #3014; location by DHF)
PARKING CHECK FOR MID-CONTINENT PARKING LOT
A o B 25 Sd (same as obverse) [1966-1968] ,50
MANUFACTURERS' STOCK PARKING TOKENS
Broup 3067 {Reported by DHF)
PARKING PRODUCTS INC. PPI
D B 23 Sd Courtesy Parking ,25
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS
PA 3085 A; add (rev, L)
TX 3400 A; add (rev. L)
DENMARK
Aalborg 30D5
A
B
22
Sd
B
Pr
22
Sd
C
B
24
Sd
(Reported by Jurgen Thingvad)
PALADS PARKE RING PPPP
1 Times 1 Parkering [11/16/73- ]
1 " 1 " [11/16/73- ]
P-HUSET GR0NTTORVET AALBORG
En Times Parkering MEKA (shell emblem)
[12/7/72- ]
.15
.15
.15
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= PARKING TOKEN NOTES BY DUANE H. FEISEL >=
The absence of parking token reports the past few months has
not been for lack of listings , but actually because there have been
too many listings I How about that for a switch? As mentioned
elsewhere in this issue of THE PARE BOX, I have been privileged
to be provided access to records and files at Meyer & Wenthe. As
a result of this, I must have preliminary information on 300 to
400 unlisted parking tokens! Now all I have to do is to record all
this information and write to each of the users. This is a task
which will take many months, and the results of which will be
reported here. Needless to say, the months— -perhaps years — ahead
will be very active ones for our field of collecting.
One of the tasks I have undertaken is that of Parking Token
New Issues Service and, unfortunaMy , that Service has suffered
somewhat in that the batches of tokens sent out have to come at
longer intervals even though the batches will be larger. The
handling of PTNIS (and I am sure TTNIS) is almost a full-time
spare-time job, and sometimes that work has to be put aside in
favor of things considered more important. Anyhow, I will continue
to note those issues obtained for PTNIS subscribers, and they can
rest assured that they will receive eventually the tokens.
The tokens from Georgia were first used some years ago, but
no information is available on how the tokens were used, or when
they became obsolete. I was able to get the token by writing;
the zip code is 31709. Whenever you write for a token from the
user, send along 25<: (unless otherwise noted) and a stamped self-
addressed envelope (SAE) ,
It is presumed that the Argo-Summit parking token was used
for a merchants' parking validation plan, but there is no specific
information on this, A supply has been ordered for PTNIS members.
The first Belleville Medical Building token I obtained; came
from a source in St. Louis, My inquiries to Belleville about the
tokens have twice resulted in the stock token, MSPT 3069 B, The
only thing I can assume is that the original batch of tokens
(2000 in 7/72) disappeared and the stock token is the only thing
in current use. Because of the apparent difficulty in obtaining
this token, I have accorded it an asterisk; perhaps someone will
be able to get enough to go around, however. The tokens are
given to visitors to the Medical Building, and provide free exit
from the gate-controlled lot. Those who use the lot and go
elsewhere have to use four quarters to exit!
Merchants in Bloomington buy tokens from the City and then
pass those tokens out to customers at their own discretion. The
token provides one hour parking. The tokens are sold @10<: to
merchants, and since the City would not sell a supply for PTNIS,
you might be able to get one by writing and sending a dime. The
street address is 109 E. Olive, zip 61701.
The Anderson, IN, tokens are also used in a merchants' parkina
validation plan, and provide 25 <; worth of parking time although
the cost to the merchants is @10<:. A supply is on its way for PTNIS,
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Some time back Ben Odesser suggested that the St, Catharine
Hospital token was from East Chicago, but I was never able to
confirm that — my letters were never answex'ed. However, M&W
records show that this is the cox'rect location all right.
The usual merchants' parking validation plan is also in
effect in Bowling Green, KY. Although the parking value of the
token is lOt, merchants have to pay only 5t, The City did not
want to sell me a supply for PTNIS, but they did send me a few
pieces in response to my inquiry. Try sending a dime to the
City Treasurer at P.0, Box iso, aip 42101.
The Ishpeming, MI, token is going to be a rough one if the
note I received from the bank — "No longer used — destroyed" — is
correct, M&W made 1000 pieces for the Bank back in 10/69.
The Mankato token is used by a funeral home. When a visitor
drives into the gate-controlled lot, the gate opens as a ticket
is withdrwan from a ticket-spitter , This ticket is exchanged'
then for a token which permits exit from the lot. Although I was
able to get the token by writing, no supply was made available to
PTNIS. Thus, you might try writing to Landkamer's Funeral Home,
Inc., 118 S. 2nd St., Mankato, MN 56001,
The Minneapolis token is listed only from records at M&W--
I have never seen a sample of this token. For cases such as this,
I will use the *** in place of a price. M&W shipped 1000 of these
tokens back in 10/55; from the date, I can guess the reverse die
variety. My inquiry to the Park Board came back with the notation
that "We never used tokens," This one may never appear to us.
The Mississippi token was obtained as the result of ray inquiry,
but no comments were sent along. You irtight have some luck by
writing the City--the zip code is 38829.
The bank in Hickory sent me a couple of tokens, but indicated
they were no longer used, and that they would not sell me a number
for PTNIS. 25«? and a SAE might produce x'esults. The address of
the bank is P.O. Drawer 549, zip 28601,
One token xvas sent to me from Oxford for the 25 <: I sent along
with my inquiry about the tokens. No actual response was made to
the inquiry form, so I have no knowledge of how the tokens are
used. I do know that M&W shipped 6000 pieces in 9/65.
The Student Union at Oklahoma State sent me a few tokens, but
would not make a supply available to PTNIS, The inquiry form had
a note "Just happened to find three tokens", so I doxibt if you
will be able to get this one by writing. The zip is 74074,
M&W shipped 1000 pieces in late 12/70,
I am not sure how tokens are used in Lewisburg, PA, but at
least a supply of them is on its way' for PTNIS members.
The token for Drexel University in Phildalphia is a rather
non-descript thing, but it is a parking token. Information
received is that the token has a parking value of 50<:, and it
is used to enter and exit from a parking garage. I sent $1 with
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my inquiry f but it was returned and no tokens were sent. This
one may prove difficult to obtain, but I have a feeling that some
of the Philadelphia area collectors should be able to help.
The Union City, tokens are used for a merchants' parking
validation plan of the usual type — a token given with a certain
minimum purchase amount. No tokens for PTKIS, but send a oime and
SAE; address is 13 South Main St,, zip 16438,
There is no doubt at all ■ the the Pt. Worth listing is a
correct attribution since Jerry was able to obtain a specimen
after several visits to the bakery.
Through the M&W records, I found the location for the token
listed under Sheridan, WX , Thq tokens had been used in. a gate,
but that did not prove very popular in the small community of :
Sheridan, M&W shipped 1000 pieces in 3/66,
The new MSPT listing was obtained at a gate-controlled
operation in San Jose. Actually, there the gate controls entrance
to the vendor portion of a large flea market.
Collector friend Jurgen Thingvad supplied a detailed report
on the new listings under Denmark-“if only all reports could be
as detailed and as thorough as he provided! To help understand the
inscriptions, first so.Tne translations': Parkering=parking, Times=
hours, Huset=house, en=one. The A token is in current use? 150,000
pieces were struck! The plastic B token was used for a special
promotion and is not now used, but could be used again at any
time for another special pro.motion; 65,000 pieces were made.
The C token is given out by merchants in a parking validation
plan in conjunction with a parking garage. The token is worth
one hour parking which otherwise costs 1 krone (15d US), The
P4EKA initials are those of the manufacturer located in Copenhagen.
Because of the way I am handling the information from. M&W,
it may not be possible to provide a supplement each month. However,
if a month is skipped, then the following month should provide an
even larger listing. In the meanwhile, I welcome ail listings
since some of the M&W struck tokens escaped the records and the
files have been discarded, and there are also tokens made by
other manufacturers.
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We've just learned, thanks to Kevin Farrell, that Purity-Supreme, the supermarket
that issued all those taxi tokens from Boston and other Massachusetts towns, now uses
plastic food stamp tokens in denominations of 1^, 5^, 10^, 25^, 50^. The one I have is
black plastic, 29i.nm, inscribed "Food stamp credit 1^ in eligible foods” on obverse
and "Puriiy Supreme" on reverse with "PS" in a heart. I understand a large number of
supermarkets use these tokens all over the country, and collecting them will be the new-
est exonumia craze. We wonder about the cost. Any token of a denomination must
cost at least as much as its face value to make.
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= JUNE SUPPLEMENT TO THE CATALOGUE OF WORLD TRANSPORTATION TOKENS =
By Kenneth E. Smith
ENGLAND (Reported hy R. Monnington)
Barrow-in-Furness 50
BARROVJ IN FURNESS TRAIWAYS (LARGE G.P.O. in script)
A o K 30 Sd Id $3.00
B o K 30 Sd 14'd 3.00
Blackburn 90
BLACKBURN & DARVJEN CORPORATION TRAIfUAYS ID
F 0 B Ov Sd Postal Telegraph Messengers (39x26rDm) 3.00
G 0 Z 32 Sd Scholars Ticket, Only Available to Children Under 12 Years
of Age 3.00
BLACKBURN & DARWEN CORPORATION TRAM\7AYS 2D
H o B 32 3d Scholars Ticket Only Available To or From School 3.00
GERMNY
Bernburg 105 (Reported by K. Smith)
BIRNBURGER STRASSENBAHN (STREETCAR)
D 0 B 20 Sd Beamten-Marke 1.00
E o B 20 Ch " 1.00
Brandenburg l4o (Reported by K. Smith)
STADT STRASSENBAim BMI®ENBURG A. HAVEL (LARGE 5)
A o B l8 Sd Landes. = An Stalt-V7asserwerks = Weg 2.00
Freiberg 336 (Reported by A. Szego)
FREIBERGER STRASSENBAHN (STREETCAR)
G o Z 19 Pc Fahrmarke Fur Kinder (nickel-plated) 1.00
Lubeck 1»95 (Reported by A. Szego) (ex U95 YA)
LUBECKER STRASSENBAHN
H o Z Oc Sd Giiltig Nur Fiir Beamte ( shield) (21mm) 1.00
Thorn 860 (Reported by G. Fritz)
THORNER STRASSENBAHN (STREETCAR)
C o B 20 Sd Miltarmarke 1.00
Unknown (Reported by D. Capper and Mrs. P. Langridge)
PIER DE BLANKENBERGHE
o m Sd (blank)
PAUL SILS SCHULERMAHKE
o B Pc Karussell Besitzer Gultig Fiir Eine Fahrt
Ship Money 909 (Reported by G. Fritz)
KAIFTINE SCHLACHTSCHIFF "GNEISENAU”
K o A 20 Sd 5 -50
L o A 22 Sd 10 ‘50
M o A Oc Sd 50 (22mm) .50
N o A 28 Sd 200 .50
0 o A 32 Sd 500 .50
KAHTINE PANZERSCHIFF "ADJaRAL SCHEER"
P o A 18 Sd 5 *50
Q o A Oc Sd 100 (2Umm) .50
KANTINE "KHEUZER EI®EN"
R o B 19 Sd 10 -50
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GREECE (as requested by Yosef Sa'ar, change 80 A to the following)
Karlovasi 450 (a port city on the island of Samos)
(GHEEK LETTERS WHOSE TRANSLATION IS "TRAMWAY OF PtARLOVASI /
0. K. CHATZIDAKI. / ZESIMOS" (HORSECAR)
A o W1 18 Sd 10 (in wreath)
(Used x/hen Samos xra.s part of the Ottoman Turkish Empire before World War I.
J acquired the above token in 1950 from a v)ett-knov7n Swiss coin firm,
and the envelope in whioh the token came was marked "Karlscxvasif
Hungary / Athens ^ Greece" I could not fifid a lia.rlsovasi on maps of
Hungary or mainlaf-id Greece^ so we tentatively listed the token from
Athens, Greece. I didn't check maps of Greek islands as that seemed
too far fetched. Ten years ago Yosef Sa *ar acquired a second token
of this horsecar line. The problem now is to find somebody who lias
the 20 and 40 para tokens so I can get rubbings or photos and list them.
HUNGARY
Budapest 100 (Reported by Yosef Sa’ar)
BUDAPESTI LANGUID l88l
QUO Z 27 Sd (blank)
INDIA
Calcutta 80 (Reported by F. Kelley)
CALCUTTA AND SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY
A o Z 19 Sd Two III 1
(Probably good for two third-class fares.)
ISRAEL (as requested by Yosef Sa’ar, change 750 A to the following)
Rehovot 600
(HEBREW LETTERS ’.THOSE IPANSLATION IS "DAROM YEHUDA") (LEAF
Al'ffi STEERING ’fflEEL)
A o A 24 Sd (in Hebrew; 2 Prutot 5710)
5710 is the Hebrew year equivalent to 1949-50. These tokens were used
from Rehovot to Tel-Aviv. Several people called my attention to the
fact that I accidentally pictured the token upside-doxm in the cata-
logue — a result of the fact I don't know the Uebr&w language!
TURKEY
Istanbul 400 (Reported by G. Fritz)
1. E.T.T. TUNEL JETON U
S B 19 Sd (picture of a mosque)
Your cataloguer reads the western and northern European languages,
but has to depend on others in the A.V.A., and outside the A.V.A.,
for wliat we hope are accurate translations of the various Asian,
African, Greek, Hebrew, and Islamic languages, when these appear
on tokens. Steve Album has come to our rescue with excellent trans-
lations of Islamic legends on tokens. Some years back he even used
a typevxriter with Islamic letters to prepare a listing of Iranian
transportation tokens!
Remember, please, when you report new discoveries, in addition to
giving the exact wording, spelling, and punctuation, to send rub-
bings or Tphotograghs. This is essential to insure accurate listings.
Please continue to send in listings.
KENNETH E. SMITH - 328 AVENUE F - REDONDO BEACH, CA
$ 5.00
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I HAVE 5 diff. recent Nevada trade tokens and will trade each for 10 diff, TT's or
v-zorld coins. Multiples 0K» = Dan Rusnalc - Box 327 - Sparks, 89431
FOR TRADE; Have date nails froir. many diff. U.S, railroads that I will trade for the
many cororaon U.S. transp. tokens tliat I still need. Will also trade for some duplic-
ates- Write listing what railroads you are interested in.
John M. Hoffmann - 200 Doucet Rd. #103 - Lafayette, LA 70501
CENSUS TOKENS '^OR SALE/TRADE: Ala 800 A; Minn 230 D, 970 A; Tex 320 A, 555 A. For
complete list send SAE. I want to buy or trade for Illinois Civil War tokens, hard
times tokens or sutlers. I also have mfg's samples for sale. Sample salmpe; $1.
Rich Hartzog - P .O. Box 4143ICY 2 Rockford, IL 61110
FOR SALE; unlisted Atlantic City Expressway non-revenue tokens. 2 diff., $1.90, pp.
VjAOTED: food stamp and brewery tokens, v/ill buy or trade for those I need.
Al Zaika - P.O. Box 65 ;;; Bellmawr, NJ 08030
I WILL SEND A NY 628 C to the first 2 collectors who send me a $10 check +SAE in
which to send token or return check if too late. Also have 450 diff. TT’s for $115
postpaid & insured to a U.S. address.
Paul Targonsky ;; 23 Harrison St. Meriden, CT 06450
TO HIGHEST BIDDER; Wis 220 E, 500 B, 510 M.
Thomas Matola 452 A North 41st St. 2 Milvraukee, WI 53208
1 roll (50 tokens) of Md 60 T in original Roland Park wrapper, ilake an offer, if it
suits, it*s yours. = G.L. Goeller Jr, - 2417 Harwood Rd. - Baltimore, 21234
WANTED; 25-50 common Cal. TT's. Need 2 lots. Don't send; write first & your price.
Sol Halpern - 1032 N. Screenland Dr. ;;;; Burbank, CA 91505
SEND 20^ (stamps only) for my personal tokens 1076 ABCDEF. I V7ill furnish en-
velopes. ~ E.L. Tomberlin 2 P.O. Box 2295 - San Leandro, CA 94577
SCARCE & RARE TT's FOR SALE: Ark 15 B, $50; Iowa 240 A, $75; Kan 120 A, $100; Nebr
540 J, $115; Ohio 165 J, $100; Ohio 860 B, $15; Tenn 430 A (not holedl), $20; Tenn
430 F, $100; Va 535 E, $100; Va 730 A, $50; Wis 790 A, $14; Unid. #53, $15; Misc 32A,
$25; Ontario 950 B & C, $50 each, (phone 301-743-3690 after 7 pm)
David E. Schenknan - P.O. Box 274 - Indian Head, MD 20640
FOR SALE: RI 3880 A; Mass 3970 B, SO'I: each; Conn 560 H 354; Mass 550 I (worn) 254,
550 O 304, 550 0 504; Pa 495 J $1.25; Tenn 400 G 454, plus stamp please. FOR HIGHEST
BID; Tenn 250 A, = H.J. Turgeon - 143 Harrison Ave. Warwick, RI 02886
SELL OHIO 830 D E F, MSPT 3060 A; SC 3100 B C, 3700 A; CO 3760 B; TN 160 A; W 140 A
B; Pa 263 A, 830 C; MI 680 O; FL 130 D; NY 230 H, 154 each or 7 for $1; WV 590 A B,
PR 640 D, 254 each or 3 for 504. All +SAE.
Joe Studebaker 2 2614 Legare St. Beaufort, SC 29902
ANYONE "WANTING MY LIST of better TT's for sale can get it for SAE. TJill sell out-
right for cash or will trade for U.S. coins or certain types of exonumia.
S.L. Ekickley - 23 18th Street 2 Newport, KY 41071
TRADE ONLY: Mich 680 A, Tex 890 A. Best offer in Missouri, saloon & brewery tokens.
Littlefield 2 4841 Hannover ;;; St. Louis, MO 63123
TRANSP. TOICENS, 100 diff., cat. up to $2.50 each. Only $14.95 prepaid. Free Lists
plus personal token v7orth 504 on any order .=Williges - Box 445 - T-Jheatland, CA 95692
ILLINOIS PARKING TOKENS FOR SALE: (504 each); 3150 H,K, Y,AK,AM,AP,AZ,BL,CH, 3155 B,
3205 A, 3385 E, 3555 A, 3920 A. ($1 each;) 3150 M AH BE BT BX CK; Harvey YMCA un-
listed. = Ben Odesser - 6332 N. Richmond St. - Chicago, IL 60659
COLORADO 'lANTED; 20 AB, 140 A C F I, 260 C E G O, 280 A, 300 A E, 340 A C D, 380 A,
440 A B C D E G, 460 A B D, 540 A B C D.
R, Seger ;;; 6054 So, Marshall Drive 2 Littleton, CO 80123
FOR SALE: back issues of The Fare B^, 19^0,1971,1972,1973,1974 - $2.40 per y^ar +
postage (A-1 condition) = R.W. Winant = 500 W. Summit Ave. - Wilmington, DE 19804
SEND ME ANY POOLROOM TOKEN and select any one of the following in return; Ga 60 U;
Wa 80 A, 880 M; also Colurdbian Expo 1893 and Century of Progress rolled cents avail-
able, 1 each, for nice TT's or scarce poolroom tokens.
Dee D. Drell 2123 Marye St. . - Alexandria, LA 71301
FOR SALE; Conn 3210 E for $2. This parking token from Mechanics Savings Bank of
Hartford has been obsolete for 5 years. The bank moved and no longer has its own
private parking lot. = M.H. Dawson - 182 Plhiting Lane - West Hartford, CT 06119
My brand new unlisted personal token available for swap with yours.
B.R. Rogers - 3651 Sewells Point Road - Norfolk, VA 23513
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FOR~SALE7~Tinrr75~’K7~690’^rr^or''?I'"eachr+SAE7~Have'3~oF'eachT FOR AUCTION: Tex "60 A,
225 A. = Hank Reidling ;; 8847 Liptonshire ;; Dallas, TX 75238
TRADE; Fla 105 A (cat. 35*?) for Fla 110 A & B (cat. 15^ each) . Same deal for 290 A *
B, cr for 520 A & B, or for 840 A & B, or for 860 B & C. (all cat. 15^ each)
Allen Corson - Box 38-261 - Miaral, FL 33138
I'LL TRADE A 25*? U.S. TT (my choice) for any one of the follov;ing 15“? TT's: CA 835 I,
845 E; CO 260 M; FL 880 E P; lA 997 B; KY 510 BD BG 31 BJ; MN 110 B, 680 D; MO 997 H
I; NE 306 A B; NC 560 A; OK 770 B; OR 700 J K; PA 146 ABC.
Pedro C. Rosario 220 St. J.A. 18 Country Club - Rio Piedras, PR 00924
EXHIBITORS tffliNTED: For the AVA Convention to be held in August. Share your treasures
with those in attendance. Let ne knov7 hov/ much space you'll require. Also if you
need a case let me know by July 10 so one vjill be waiting for you. Please write;
R.D. Carter ;; 2232 H. Kays Ave. ;; So. San Gabriel, CA 91770
FOR SALE; NY 3630 A, $2; Pa 15 F, $3; Mass 260 A, $9, 505 A, $6. +SAB. Will trade
for New York, Nev; Jersey, and New England tokens I want.
Ralph A. Hinde 225-30 106 Ave,, Queens Village Jamaica, NY 11429
FOR SALE PLUS POSTAGE; Ont 400 C (2 vars.) ea, 900 F 45<?; Denmark 5 R 45*;:, T 35^;
Cal 575 N 25'?, 0 30'f, 615 C 25'?j CT 210 C 45'?? IL 270 E SS*?, 535 B 35'?? NC 150 A 40<:;
MY 980 B 50'?; Pa 70 A IS*?, 375 B OS'?, 940 B 15<?? Nis 700 I 45'?. Also all lOOO's list-
ed in April Fare Box ad. = J.G. Nicolosi - 3002 Galindo St. = Oakland, CA 94601
tmiL DID; IL 430 B, 475 A, 785 A? IN 500 A; KS 30 C, 40 D, 940 N; LA 790 A, 810 F? MN
540 A Ca Cb. FOR TRADE: 1 each, DC 997 A & B for DC 988 A & B. All tokens in mail
bid plus post s ins. = G.H. Wyatt - 32 Skylark Lane - Lunenburg, flA 01462
SUB VARS. OF TT's WAOTED; I NEED Ark 385 Da? Ill 455 1(A), 600 F (B) ? Ind 590 A(A,C)?
la 150 G(A), 850 Oa? Mich 650 A(C)? Pa 195 Ga, 950 G(A)? Tenn 600 K(G)? Tex 760 F(B)..
Can supply some of tlie unlisted TT's in trade that appeared in my ad in March issue
plus others up to $1 cat. = H.V. Ford - 6641 Saroni Drive - Oakland, CA 94611
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APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP
1542 JAMES WALDON DUNNAM - 921 AVENUE "T” S.E. - WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA 35880
Age 48; Entomologist, Collects U.S., Parkino. (CoA-Aon)
1543 JAMES A. GRIFFIS - 535 STARKWEATHER - PLYf^lOUTH^ MICHIGAN 48170
Age 38; Foreman. Collects U.S. (MoycA)
1544 WIlIiAM P. MANN - 484 CATESBY LANE - WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA 23185
Age 34; Production Operator. Collects U.S., Canada, Parking. (McKc^ve;/)
1545 PETER C. WEIGLIN - 8665 FORDHAM COURT - CINCINNATI, OHIO 45230
Age 37; Transit Management Executive. Collects U.S. |W, CAutVjJoAd)
REINSTATEMENTS TO MEMBERSHIP
III! Hal Dunn - Box 114 - Carson City, Nevada 89701
740 James Millard - 3969 S.E. 170th Street - Portland, Oregon 97236
816 Bill S. Riley - Route 2, Box 348 - Texarkana, Texas 7550!
1293 Lewis M. Sutton - 2417 Lafayette Bl vd . - Norfolk, Virginia 23509
CHANGE OF ADDRESS (* indicates contribution to Address Plate Fund)
* Joel Lubenau - 4368 Chevy Chase Blvd. - Chevy Chase, Maryland 20015
Jeffrey D, Robbins - 11751 Addison Street - Worth Hollywood, California 91607
*****
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separate sheet, or a postcard if possible, and send it to the Editor. Ad must in-
clude full name Q address, and may not exceed 6 lines. You may insert a free ad in
every issue if you 'wish, but it must be different each insertion, and it must be sub-
mitted each month to the Editor. Don't send several at one time as we can't keep
track of them. Ads for the next (July) issue should be mailed immediately to ray
Boston address.
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Volume 29, Number 7
JULY, 1975
Our 337th Issue
Until August 25 all mail intended for THE FARE BOX should be sent to:
JOHN M. COFFEE, JR. - 4104 SIXTH AVENUE - TACOMA, WA 98406
June 16. My remarks in the last issue about a new catalogue of Vecturist Per-
sonal Tokens elicited a gratifying response. I received well over a dozen generous
offers to do the typingl Of course 1 was delighted. The first to communicate was
Paul Cunningham, who telephoned to Boston from Michigan, and not only volunteered to
type the whole thing, but also offered to print them up and mail one to every member I
So in the next few weeks every one of you will receive a new printed listing of per-
sonal tokens, complete through the latest supplement, and much improved over the pre-
vious list. Our thanks to Paul, and also to those others of you who also came for-
ward. This is what our AVa is all about.
The 1975 membership roster has been mailed to every member and you should have
yours by now. These are the work of Bob and Anna Butler, who have been in charge of
our rosters for many years. The work is splendid and highly professional. Our grat-
itude to the Butlers for all the labor that goes into these rosters, and also for
their many other efforts on behalf of the A.V.A.
Recently a number of ads have appeared in COIN WORLD offering for sale various
Honolulu tokens, especially Haw 240 E, the Hula Girl token. The most recent ad of-
fered these for $3.95 each. This token can't be very scarce. The Meyer & Wenthe
records indicate that 100,000 of them were ordered January 15, 1951, and a further
order for 300,000 more was placed December 7 of the same year. 400,000 were struck.
If tliey were never used, we v/onder why the second order.
On May 27, 1975, the Long Island RR celebrated the sale of the millionth New
York City subway token sold at its station. A woman named Mary Ryan was the sur-
prised purchaser as she dashed to catch the 8:50 to Manhattan. Her reward was a gold-
dipped New York subway token (NY 630 AS) which had been made into a necklace. Too
bad it wasn’t Ralph Hinde or one of our own dashing commuters down there.
The Editor leaves Boston June 27 via Amtrak, and I shall visit David Schenkman
near Washington DC; Joel Reznick in Chicago; Syd Joseph and the other members in
Denver; and then spend a couple weeks with Hal Ford in Oakland. I arrive in Tacoma
on July 17 after what I hope will have been a delightful and exciting trip via Amtrak.
Next issue I’ll tell you about it. Meanwhile don't forget the L.A. Convention on
August 15-17. More important details on the next page. See you soon.
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= C.A.T.C. PLANNING SESSION =
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Twelve members of the California Association of Token Collectors gathered again
on Sunday, May 18, at the home of club president Robert Ritterband in Los Angeles.
Various out-of-town travels reduced the count below the customary twenty or so atten-
dees. On Hand were Steve A I pert, John Barnes, Virginia Barnes, Robert Carter, Robert
Kubach, Edrick Miller, Phillip Pearson, Robert Ritterband, Ken & Kirk Smith, Paul
Thompson and George Tlcknor. Family guests present included Pat Miller, Molly Ritter-
band, Bertha Rogers and Eleanor Smith.
In addition to the usual intensive token swaps, plenty of time was given to plan-
ning for the 25th annual convention of the A.V.A. here in Los Angeles in August. It
was reported that advance registrations are now coming in nicely, as well as requests
for a limited number of budget-priced bourse tables. All present shared their views
on production of a new souvenir bus token, to be used for a charter ride to visit the
Queen Mary during the convention. Exhibit chairman Robert Carter urged everyone pre-
sent to prepare a nice display, and he told of an attractive keepsake to be awarded to
each exhibitor.
The next meeting, and the last before the convention, will be on Sunday, July 20,
at the home of Elaine Wi Mahan.
= ROOM RESERVATIONS FOR THE A.V.A. CONVENTION =
In years past we have sent a hotel reservation card along with the June or Jvily
issue of THE FARE BOX for those members planning to attend the annual convention.
This year we cannot do this, however, because our convention hotel doesn't use them.
Therefore, members planning to attend the convention should write directly to the
convention hotel and make their own reservations. And the sooner the better.
The convention hotel is the Raraada Inn/Airport, and its address is 9620 Airport
~ bos Angeles, CA 90009. There's another Ramada Inn nearby so be sure to use
the correct address so you won't end up somewhere else I Room rates are $20 for a
single, and $24 for a double. However, if you mention that you are coming for the
A,V,A, Convention, there wili be a $2 discount m So be sure to mention this. You may
write the Ramada Inn directly, or you can call the toll free number, 800-228-2828 and
make a reservation by phone, which obviously is much easier and saves a lOC stamp.
The convention will be Friday thru Sunday, August 15-17, so most members will want to
arrive Thursday night, and leave Monday. But that's up to you.
If you arrive at the airport, call the Ramada at 670-1600 and they will send the
hotel hack to pick you up at no charge. The Ramada Inn is about a mile from the air-
you come by Amtrak, it's another story, and maybe Bob Ritterband in the Aug-
ust issue will furnish directions on how to get from the downtown S.P. depot out to tlie
airport. -
Incidentally this hotel is only a block from the Marriott, where the huge A.M.A.
Convention will be held a couple days after ours, wise people planning to go to the
ANA will stay at the Ramada, because room rates at the Marriott are $35 single and $45
double, and up. Mostly, we hear, up.
Persons who do not wish to register for the convention, but who nevertheless wish
to enter our meeting room will be charged $1.75 for the privilege, and for this they
will receive the name badge, period.
Bourse tables are still available for only a $15 charge, and this guarantees you
a table for the duration of the convention (cf $350 charge at ANA if you can get it) .
Write Bob Ritterband for details.
Of course extra tickets for the tour or the banquet will be available for wives
and children. Banquet $7 adults, $4 kids. Tour alone $8.50 including a token.
Every registrant will receive a beautiful 3" souvenir mirror, and extras wil be
available for only $1.50, and in years to come these will be valuable items of AVA
memorabilia, which is becoming a hobby in itself as we advance in age. Several wood
personal tokens will be distributed to all registrants, as well.
All in all, this promises to be a fabulous convention, and probably the largest
ever held. We expect to see you there 1
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THE MERRILL ELECIKIC RAILWAY & LIGHTING CO.
by Gerald Johnson
Through the happy years of researching the transit histories of midxaest America, one
thing has become increasingly apparent, the fact that smalltown streetcar lines rarely
made money for their owners and operators I As an illustration, among the dozen small
town lines that ran in the State of Wisconsin, only one or two could be considered
successful, and that was only because overall they broke even financially! It would
seem that these shakey little transit lines, with their second hand rolling stock and
makeshift electric systems could nevOr had really hoped to do more than satisfy a need.
Oh yes, there was money to be made iti public transportation all right, but only where
larger population masses were to be transported. Yet, the strange story of smalltown
rail transit was repeated over and over again as the ’^cities” of 5,000 souls embarked
upon ambitious streetcar lines. In his excellent book ‘‘Enthusiasm Makes the Difference‘
author Norman Vincent Peale defines precisely the enthusiasm that maintained the
determination of the smalltown transit pioneers. Enthusiasm that was called “Civic
Pride“, “Local Interest“ or “Community Spirit. “ Many smalltown streetcar line pioneers
were wealthy men, self-made giants of lumbering, land speculation or mining, but
generally with little formal education. Was this then the key to their enthusiasm
and confidence?
The story of the M.E.R.&L. Go. of Merrill, Wisconsin is a story of these men; a classic
tale of civic involvement and boundless enthusiasm. Hie Merrill Electric Railway and
Lighting Company was organized by businessmen, J.N. Cotter and Harry Turner, who with
about a dozen influential citizens from Central Wisconsin provided the funds for the
venture, E.S. King, a local druggist, was elected president, and Hollis M. Kellog
was appointed Superintendent. Construction of the 2.7 mile long railway was begun
in 1889, and in the spring of 1890, the line was placed in operation. The only other
electrified line in Wisconsin at this time was in Appleton, and the only other electric
line in the entire United States was that of Boston, Massachusetts.
Four second-hand cars from Boston* s street railway made up the new line's rolling stock,
and railroad “L** type rails set on regular railroad ties were used as a bed. After the
horses of several citizens were electrocuted by this single wire system, the innovative
King and Kellog devised that nation‘s first double trolley system which later was to
become famous worldwide by its use in Cincinnati, Ohio,
The early “Boston" streetcars were very crude, with the motorman's platform exposed to
the elements without even a windshield. Although no photos of these cars in use at
Merrill exist, it is possible that they were converted horsecars from the Boston
operation.
The electric motors of these cars were protected from the elements by strips of canvas,
and a metal splash pan held in place by baling wire. Service interruptions were common
due to burned out motors, and as many as four or five armatures per week were rewound
in the busy Merrill car barns.
Conductors on the little line were given the option of running cars after 11:00 P.M.
and also collecting additional fares over and above the 5o regular fare for the after
hour service. It was customary to charge lOc for a ride after the official “last run"
of the day. Passengers riding before 7:00 A.M, were considered to be going to work,
and were given a token for the return ride home (Wis. 500 -A ) .
During the winter, plow equipped streetcars were run all night during snow storms. In
this way keeping the streets open and avoiding the shoveling brigades needed to keep the.
right of way cleared.
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The original 2.7 mile run, with its two switches was never expanded, but in 191.3 the
6th ward or Merrill became the first place in the world to put a "trackless trolley" in
use. The primary reason for not extending regular railed service to the 6th ward of
Merrill was a large wooden bridge which was neither strong enough or wide enough to bear
the heavy regular run streetcars. The regular run cars by this time were second hand
replacement streetcars procured from the T,M,E.R.&L, of Milwaukee to replace the anti-'^
quated "Boston" cars. The idea for the Merrill "trackless trolley" was the result of a
trip to Chicago by Company President, E.S, King who was intrigued by the battery-driven
busses used by Carson, Pirie & Scott Company between their stores and the Chicago Depots
Mr. King persuaded Edison scientist S,D. Field to create a similar bus operated by a
500-volt motor for the M.E.P..&L. Power lines were eagerly strung throughout the Sixth
Ward and all was in readiness when the 18-passenger vehicle arrived. The bus, which
weighed three tons, had long flat springs and hard rubber tires and was operated by a
single driver on a pay-as-you enter system. However, the trackless trolley was doomed
to failure. Within six months the heavy cobblestone streets of Merrill had taken their
toll on both the bus and Its passengers, and the innovative experiment was abandoned and
sold to the Boston Railway Company to be placed In service in that city.
Soon after the noble experiment, in 1915, the Wausau Street Railway Company absorbed the
Merrill Electric Railway & Lighting Company and at once began the conversion of the powc
source from direct to alternating current. In 1916, the name "Wisconsin Valley Electric
Company" was given the consolidation, and in 1917 a 60-foot right-of-way from Wausau to
Merrill was procured for the purpose of building an inter-urban line to serve the two
cities. The gradolse plans of the Wisconsin Valley Electric Company never did material-
In 1919 when the 30-year charter of the Merrill Electric Railway & Lighting Company
expired, streetcar service ended and bus service quickly replaced the retired streetcar;
During the entire life span of the Merrill streetcar line, a period of 29 years, no proi
was realized by its owners.
The innovations in electric transit; developed in tiny Merrill, Wisconsin were incredible
for their timel The city's hydro electric power, in the infancy of the development of _
this engergy source, contributed to the nations first double trolley streetcar line, anc
and world's first "trackless trolley". Not bad for a metropolis of 5,000l
In 1924 much of the M.E.R.&L. street rail was taken up to build a nearby narrow gauge
industrial railway, and the remainder was removed in 1940, bringing to a close the
pioneer street railway history of innovative, enthusiastic Merrill, Wisconsin,
JULY NEW ISSUES SERVICE REPORT
By John G. Nicolosi
Last month I observed lhat we had a let-down and slim pickin' s. This montii it's No
Kokin's 1 Nothing to send you at the moment. We have a lot of tokens pending, but as of
this writing none of them have arrived. So nothing listed in Ralph's Supplement this month
will be able to be sent to N.I.S. members. If some do come in, as hoped and expected, I'll
send them this month <July) and they'll be listed in the August issue.
I am planning to attend the Los Angeles Convention in August and will be driving down
with Ralph Freiberg and John Coffee, and hope to see a lot of members In L. A.
A few days ago I received the 1975 AVA membership roster, and again I must commend
Bob & Anna Butler for a superb job.
Again a reminder: if you do not want me to send you the AVA Convention Tour token, be
sure to write and let me know.
From July 1974 thru June 1975 we sent out 82 tokens, of which 70 were U. S. , 2 Canada,
and 10 overseas. This is exactly the same as the previous year.
Welcome to George Hurst this month, moving from Associate to Regular status.
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AoVaA. CONVENTION ( 1975) FLOOR AND MAIL BID AUCTION
This is the second part of the A^^V.Ao convention auction. Ail items
have reserves and no bids will be accepted at less than reserve. The
successful mail bid on any item will be at Scents over the second highest
floor or mail bid or in the case of tie bids, the lot will be awarded to
the bidder with the earliest postmark on his letter. Bids on this part of
the auction must be received by me one week before the start of the AoVcA,
convention ( by August 8th). Please submit your bids on 8 1/2 by 11 inch
sheets with the left 3/4 inch blank and your name and address at top of
sheets , so they can be put in ai binder for inspection and convention records.
Kirk will tabulate the bids during that week for the floor auction. Kirk
and I will act for the mail bidders during the floor auction. We will bid
5 cents above the floor bids stopping when the floor bidding ceases or the
floor bid exceeds the highest mail bid. If attending the convention, please
immediately after the auction pick up from Kirk the bid lots you were
successful in acquiring and pay with CASH ( preferably) or by check,. Cash
enables the submitters attending the convention to be paid immediately.
No credit cards are acceptable for payment as the club cannot process them.
Those successful bidders not attending the convention will be notified
very soon after the convention as to what they were successful in acquiring
in both auctions. Upon receipt of the money for the lots plus required
insurance and postage the lots were successful by you in acquiring , will be
sent to you insured. All lots will be sent insured. Please bid both by lot
number and catalogue number , so that if you make a mistake, you will not
get the wrong lot. Mail the bid sheets to
KENNETH SMITH
328
Avenue
F
Redondo
Beach ,
Calif. 90277
LOT
ITEM
RESERVE
LOT ITEM
RESERVE LOT
ITEM
RESERVE
Alabama
California
Hawaii
305
5601
5.00
331
775H
1.00
356
240B
2.25
306
56 OM
10.00
332
815C
.50
357
330B
2.00
3 07
560P
15.00
333
815E
1.00
Idaho
j08
5 6 OS
15.00
334
9451
2.00
358
lOOM
1.50
Alaska
Colorado
359
lOOo
1.25
309
300H
.50
335
140C
3.00
360
440B
1.60
Arkansas
336
260C
1.00
361
440D
1.50
310
i05C
1.00
337
260N
2.50
362
440J
1.80
311
285A
2.50
338
260Q
4.00
Illinois
312
285B
2.00
339
280A
26.00
363
IOC
1.10
313
360A
25.00
340
340A
1.00
364
lOOA
7.50
314
360C
25.00
341
440D
1.00
365
130B
2.50
315
435F
20.00
342
440F
1.00
366
130D
1.00
California
343
460A
1.00
367
130D
.50
316
lOOA
1.50
344
5 40D
2.50
368
150AE
.50
317
205A
1.00
345
600A
.50
369
15 OAF
.50
318
395C
2.00
346
600A
2.75
370
210D
1.60
319
395D
2.00
347
62 OA
1.50
371
370C
.75
320
395E
2.50
348
86 OC
4.00
372
43 OA
2.^50
321
435B
1-00
349
86 OD
5.00
373
455E
1.05
322
435B
1.00
350
860E
20.00
374
495G
.25
323
535A
7.50
Connect icut
375
505A
.50
324
535B
7.50
351
290G
1.00
376
505B
.50
325
535C
7.50
352
345A
3.50
377
530A
1.00
326
535D
7.50
353
525A
6.00
378
530C
1 . 50
327
545B
1.00
Florida
379
600D
.75
328
575P
1.00
354
130A
21.00
380
720E
1.00
329
575G
.50
Georgia
381
760A
.35
330
745L
3.50
355
5 OB
1.10
382
770A
1.00
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LOT
ITEM
RESERVE
LOT
ITEM
RESERVE
LOT
ITEM
RESERVE
Illinois
Kentucky
Minnesota
383
7958
12.50
433
480E
1.25
482
760C
2.00
384
795D
10.00
434
480J
1.00
483
760H
.50
385
795E
10.00
435
480S
.50
Mississippi
386
795P
15.00
436
510AB
2.50
484
320D
.50
387
795G
15o00
437
510AH
.50
485
900E
1.00
388
998E
1.00
438
51 OAK
1.00
Missouri
389
lOOOA
.50
439
510AV
5.00
486
3 TOD
1.00
390
lOOOB
.50
440
510BK
3.25
487
42 OB
3.50
391
lOOOC
.50
441
510BN
3.00
488
440B
1.00
Indiana
442
510BO
2.50
489
440Q
.75
392
180A
1.50
443
510BP
2.50
490
440T
.75
393
460H
10.00
444
560E
1.00
491
910R
1.00
394
46 Oo
14.00
445
71 OB
1.00
492
950A
1.00,
395
460X
1.60
Louisiana
493
997A
.50
396
610C
5.00
446
30A
6.00
494 '
997B
.50
397
660D
1 .00
447
3 OB
2.25
495
997C
.50;
398
89 OA
1.00
448
SOD
1.00
496
997D
.50:
399
890B
1.00
449
810F
6.25
497
997E
.50'
400
890C
1.00
Maine
498
997F
.50
401
930G
1.00
450
40A
1.00
Montana
402
980B
10.60
451
740A
4.25
499
80C
2.00
403
980D
3.00
Massachusetts
500
480C
1,00
Iowa
452
115K
.50
Nebraska
404
30A(a)
4.00
453
115Z
.75
501
440G
1.50
405
SOD
.50
454
115AA
.75
502
580A
1.00
406
150F
1.00
455
liSAC
.50
503
700W
1.00
407
230B
10.00
456
11 SAC
2.75
504
800A
.50
408
300D
2.20
457
115AD
.50
N.H.
409
300G
5.00
458
115AD
2.75
505
30A
1.50
410
85 OK
1.00
459
11 SAG
2,75
506
640J
1.00
411
850P
2.50
460
210B
1.00
N,J,
412
910A
1.10 ,
461
505B
15.00
507
115B
1,00
413
930C
3.00 '
462
550A
.25
508
555B
1.00
414
930D
5.00
463
550D
2.50
N.M.
Kansas
46 4
740A
.25
509
430C
3 .00
415
40B
2.50
465
960B
.25
510
900A
12,00
416
40C(a)
2.50
Michigan
New
York
417
40C(b)
5.00
466
36 OA
1.00
511
25B
.75
418
40E
4.00
467
360C
1.00
512
235B
2.00
419
150B
1.00
468
375C
1.00
513
36 OD
1.00
420
150C
1.25
469
535D
1 .25
514
41 OA
.75
421
45 OE
1.00
470
5251
1.50
515
615F
1.00
422
600C
3.00
471
525J
1.00
516
62 8C
1 l.OQ
423
800A
.50
472
530- H
1.40
517
6291
l.OO
424
820E
1.00
473
5301
2.00
518
629J
1.00
425
980A
.50
474
56 OJ
1.00
519
629K
l.OQ
426
980B
3.00
475
635B
6,00
520
630U
.50
Kentucky
476
775A
.75
521
630W
1.00
427
lOJ
1.00
477
845M
1.10
522
630Z
1.00
428
45B
.50
Minnesota
523
630AA
1.00
429
45C
.50
478
30C
1.00
524
630AB
1.00
430
45C
1.25
479
290A 30.00
525
630AC
1.00:
431
250B
I.IO
480
520A
1.00
526
6 3 OAR
3.50
432
250C
3.50
481
5 40AA
1.00
527
631C
1,00
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A. CONVENTION (1975) FLOOR AND MAIL BID
AUCTION
( page :
3)
LOT
ITEM
RESERVE
LOT
ITEM
RESERVE
LOT
ITEM
RESERVE
NoH,
Oregon
Texas
528
640C
,35
577
880C
1.00
627
565A
.50
529
640H
.35
578
970C
1.00
628
640C
1.00
New
York
Penna •
629
75 OA
1.00
531
631S
1,50
579
15D
5.00
630
760A
1.00
532
695A
2.00
580
15L
1.00
Utah
533
735A
.35
581
15N
1.00
631
650A
1.00
534
735B
.50
582
195L
1.00
Vermont
535
785C
1.00
583
26 5A
1.00
632
60A
1.00
536
785D
1.00
584
320A
3.00
633
595A
.75
No .Carol ina
585
445C
2.00
634
595B
.75
537
20A
1.00
5 86
495G
2.00
Virginia
538
360D
1.00
587
495H
3.00
635
20C
.50
539
545A
1.00
588
495G,H
5.00
636
600C
.35
540
980E
l.OO
589
515B
1.00
637
62 OA
1.50
N.D.
590
515B
1.00
638
620B
1.50
541
320G
1.50
591
555A
1.00
Washington
Ohio
592
595B
1.00
639
lOA
.50
542
lOA
1.50
593
650E
1.00
640
4 OK
1.00
543
lOB
1.00
594
675D
1,00
641
300F
1.00
544
95A
.50
595
750Z
6.00
6 42
600C
1.00
545
125D
.25
596
750AB
1.00
643
755A
2.00
546
125F
.50
597
770C
1.00
644
960E
l.OO
547
165S
1.00
598
930A
1.00
645
970A
1.25
548
165U
1.00
599
950A
1.00
Wa Va.
549
175Z
.75
600
950D
1.00
646
200A
.50
550
230M
.50
601
985C
2.00
647
29 OH
1.00
551
230R
1,00
602
98 5 E
1.50
648
830F
1.00
552
230U
1.00
S.C.
Wisconsin
553
230V
1.50
603
240C
.50
649
220A
2.00
554
440A
.35
604
45 OA
.75
650
220B
1.60
555
475D(43) 1.00
605
45 OB
.75
651
51 OM
.50
556
475D(51) 1.00;
606
45 OC
.75
652
920A
1.00
557
505A
.35
607
45 OE
1.00
Wash.
D.C.
558
520E
1.00
608
5 00A
1,25
653
500D
.50
559
745B
.75
609
500C
1.00
654
500G
3.50
560
745C
1.00
Tenn
•
Canada
561
745D
.50
610
75F
1.00
N.S.
562
745E
.50
611
75G
1.00
655
lOOL
1,10
563
75 OA
.50
612
75K
1.00
656
200A
7.00
564
915A
.35
613
345B
.50
657 Ontario
565
915B
,35
614
375A
1,50
657
325A
1.00
566
9i5C
.35
615
375B
1.50
658
325C
1,50
Okla.
616
375C
1.50
659
82 5A
1.00
567
330E
1.00
617
375D
1.50
Quebec
568
590B
1,00
618
400A
.50
660 345D
.75
569
610B
.50
619
415A
1.00
Maryland
570
640G
1.00
620
415D
1.00
661
601
1.00
571
860L
1.00
621
430B
1.50
662
60AC
1.00
Oregon
622
600E
,50
Parking
572
20D
1.00
623
600o
.50
Illinois
573
20E
1.00
Texas
663
3150AY
1.50
574
160B
1.00
624
5A
1.00
664
3150CJ
25.00'
575
160C
1.00
625
145A
1.00
END
OF AUCTION
576
800C
1.00
626
255M
1.60
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JULY SUPPLEMENT TO THE CATALOGUE OF WORLD TRANSPORTATION TOKENS
by Kenneth E. Smith
SCOTLAND
Seaby's published part 4 of their Standard Catalogue of British Coins
which is titled COINS and TOKENS OF SCOTLAND compiled by P. Frank Purvey.
Frank Purvey sent me a complimentary copy autographed to me. Pages 150,
151, 152, and 153 is a condensed list of Scottish transportation tokens
and at the start of this section he references the Catalogue of World
Transportation Tokens & Passes except No. America. In this list the
plastic tokens are grouped together by obverses and for prices marked from x,
where x is the lowest priced item in that group. Six transportation tokens
are pictured which are: 300A , 420D , 420G, 420CD and two unlisted cabin checks
which I call 580SE and 630SD. I see Frank Purvey from 2. to 3 times a year
at conventions, therefore at the next convention I asked him who had these
tokens that he pictured. He borrowed from the British Museum their miscell-
aneous group of Scotish tokens to photograph for the book and these' six
transportation were selected as the most interesting of the transportation
items to be photographed. The following two Cabin checks are still ^’n the
British Museum
Kirkcaldy 580
KIRKALDY OR DYSART FERRY CABIN NO.(numbers)(rounded corners)
SE o K Sq Sd ( blank)(stamped 5T.G. on obverse)(32mm) 6.00
Leven 630
LEVEN OR LARGO FERRY STEERAGE NO. ( numbers)
SD o K 32 Sd (blank)( stamped ST.G. on obverse) 6.00
None of his quoted prices are less than ray catalogue prices and many are
20% above ray catalogue. On the following items because they had sold
them at auction or across the founter at these prices or around these
prices they are higher as follows. ( I translated the British pound at
$2.40 U S to get the following U S prices)
Dundee 300AA to AT from .60 each, Dunfermline 330B at 1.20, Edinburgh
360AA to AE from 1.20 each, 360AF to AK from .60each, 360AL at 2.40,
360AP,AQ from 1.20 each, 360AW at .60, 360BA at 2.40, 360BB,BC from .60,
360BD at .60 Glasgow 420D at 14.40, 420E at 14.40, 420G at 11.80,
4201 at 11.80, 420J at 11.80, 420M at 8.40, 420N at 2.40, 420? at 1,92,
420X,Y at 2.40each,' 420AC,AD at 8,40each, Greenock 450A at 9.60,,
450B at 12.00, 450C at 1.20, 450AA to AE from .96 each, Helensburgh
510A,B,C,D from 15.60 each, Kilmarnock 570AA,AB,AC from 2,40 each,
Rothsay 760A,B,C,D from 11.80 each, 760E at 6,00, 760F at 6.00, Paisley
720A at 2.40 and Wemyss 860AA,AB at 4.80 each, Motherwell 690AC to AH
from 3.60 each. Seaby’s is not one of my sources of tts as they apparently
have some customers of long standing who buy their tts at above my catalogue
and I suspect at these prices or near them. As most collectors were aware
of, the pricing in the FIRST PRINTED edition ( 1967) was conservative as some
quantities were in doubt and in future editions as they are in short supply
there will be sharp catalogue rises in tokens from Motherwell, Helensburgh,
Greenock, Rothsay, Wemyss, Kilmarnock, some Glasgows , some Edinburghs.
Our good friend Don Capper reported the following new Scottish issues and
sent dupes , which I am sending on to Nicolosi’s new issues for distribution,
Edinburgh 360
the 360BW are being replaced by 360CF as they. wear out.
EDINBURGH CORPORATION TRANSPORT ( Arms)
CF C 23 Sd 2 1/2 P (brown) .25
CJ C 23 Sd 5 P (lemon) .35"
Remember when you report new discoveries , in addition to giving the
exact wording, spelling, and punctuation , to send rubbings or photographs.
This is essential to insure accurate listings. Please keep the listings
coming. ■*
KENNETH E. SMITH 328 Avenue F. Redondo Beach, Ca. 90277
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Pa 263 A as struck originally
by Franklin Mint.
Pa 263 A as struck by a
different mint, possibly
Roger Williarris Mint.
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= JULY SOPPLEfffiNT TO ATWOOD'S CATALOGUE *
By Ralph Freiberg
-July 1975-
GEQRGIA
Milledgeville 630 (M & W)
SIMMONS BUS LINE (BUS)
D B 16 Bl Good For One Fare (bus) (2 slots) (Rev. B) (* 1971) $0.25
[Durden Bus Line purchased Pennington Bus Line about 1967, and in turn
sold out to Siiamons Bus Line about January, 1970.]
MASSACHUSETTS
Lowell 430 (M & W)
CITY OF LOtflELL MASS. COUNCIL-ON-AGING TAXI TOKEN
A o B 29 Sd 25<? Token (* 1973) .25
NORTH CAROLINA
High Point 450 (M&W)
DUKE POWER COMPANY HIGH POINT
F o TOl 23 Bar Good For One Fare High Point ****
[2,000 of these tokens vtere struck in 1939, but at present we have no
evidence that the token was ever actually used.]
UNIDENTIFIED
150 \m 24 Sd
151 Wt4 21 Ch
(H & W)
TWIN CITY COACH LINES, INC.
Good For One Fare [1,000 tokens struck for Perey Turnstiles 1947]
GOOD FOR GENE 15<f FARE
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= NOTES BY RALPH FREIBERG =
John Nicolosi and I are still sitting here waiting for some answers to letters ^
we have out on tokens we learned about from the Meyer & Wenthe records. Meanwhile vje
can at least a few items for the July Supplement. Unfortunately we don't have any-
thing to send out for W.I.S. members, but we do expect a few, possibly as many as 5,
to send out in the middle of July. Some of these won't be listed till the August
issue, but you'll get then before that.
All tokens listed this month were learned about from the Meyer & Wenthe records.
At first we didn't i^ant to make it public knowledge that we were getting these re-
cords—until we had completed our work— so we reported tokens by "Meyer White," but
that was just a pseudonym for the Meyer & Wenthe records.
First of all, V7e learned that 1,000 tokens vjere struck for the Simmons Bus Line
in 1971. Our procedure is this: first we wite the company to see if the tokens
were ever used and, if any are still around, and if so can we buy a supply. In this
case v;e learned that they are being used and they sent a couple, but subsequent let-
ters have gone unanswered. We held up the listing for a while hoping to connect, but
after a v/hile we decided to go ahead and list the token and give it up as a bad job.
Some years back James Eshleman wrote and told me that Durden Bus Line had bought out
Pennington and was continuing to use the same old token; then when Simmons bought out
Durden they still used the same old token. But apparently they needed new tokens and
ordered a thousand in 1971. Any member who wants to take a chance can write the com-
pany directly: 360 Harrisburg Rd,, Milledgeville, GA 31061. Maybe if you ask for only
one they'll send it to you for 25<J +SAE. Or maybe you'll just lose your 25^.
Next a token for Lowell, Mass. In 1973 the City of Lowell ordered 15,000 of
these tokens to provide reduced-rate taxi rides for the elderly. But, as is usually
the case, the old folks hoarded the tokens and attempted to use several at one time,
so the use of tokens was discontinued and tickets with a time limit were substituted. ,
The City sold the whole supply of tokens to someone, possibly as junk metal. Mr. Cof-
fee did find a couple at the office there, and maybe they have one or two more around.
But this is another one we won't be able to get a supply of for N.I.S.
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Two thousand of the High Point, NC, tokens were ordered in 1939, but v/e don't
knov7 if they were ever used. But one sample of the token has turned up so, having
the actual token to look at, we are listing it with instead of a price on it,
I'd appreciate hearing from any member who can find out if these were ever used. If
I*d known about this one 20 years ago I might have acquired a few, as I did visit the
company office. Maybe they were stored in a safe. But as is often the case we learn
about a token when it's too late to do anything about it. Any token in this category
that we do list will get a **** price until we learn more about it.
We also list a couple of Unidentified tokens xve learned about from the Meyer &
Wenthe records. These records indicate who ordered the tokens and v;here they were
shipped, and this usually tells us the home of the token. But a lot of tokens were
ordered by a fare box Lianufacturer or a turnstile company, such as Perey Turnstiles,
who then supplied them to one of their own custoiners. So in these cases we still do
not know the home of the tolcen, and this is the case for the #150, but it must have
been an outfit that used Perey Turnstiles somehow in its operation so probably for a
larger city.
Back in 1931, some bronze tokens were ordered by the Twin Coach Corp. of Kent,
Ohio, for some reason. This is a bus manufacturer, still in business, which makes
the Twin Coach buses, John Coffee has owned one of these for years and always as-
sumed it was an advertising piece, and we still believe it was, although the records
indicate that Twin Coach Corp, was very precise in stating exactly the size of the
token, and this is unusual for a souvenir piece. In any case, the token is described
as follows:
TWIN COACH CORP. / TWIN COACH / KENT, OHIO
Bz 25 Sd (bus)
If anyone can shed any light on this token we'd appreciate it. As the token is 34
years old, whether a letter to Twin Coach would elicit any information is doubtful.
I haven't begun to be able to go thru all the records we've obtained from Meyer
& Wenthe, but one thing I am studying is cases where the same listed token was made
by two different token manufacturers. For instance I have always believed that Cal
760 F of San Francisco was made by two different firms. Our records show that it was
made by Meyer & VJenthe. But we also know from the booklet published by NEVA on Sco-
ville Manufacturing Co. that it was also made by Scovillel The two types are quite
easy to distinguish. Incidentally this token is still in use in San Francisco and I
have several of them on hand, which I intend to let John Coffee use on the trolleys
and buses this summer. I can use my Medicare card and 5<^, but John would have to pay
the regular 25^ fare. So if anyone would like to have the two types before they are
used up let me know. Price 25^ each +SAE.
Along this same line I just became aware of the fact that Cal 835 C and D were
probably made by two different companies, I don't have enough of them to compare at
home so if you all v/ould bring your specimens of these tokens with you when you come
to the Convention I would much appreciate it. My Cal 835 H (plated token) was made
by Meyer & Wenthe, but my 835 D was not made by Meyer St Wenthe I We listed D in July,
1953, but M&W didn't make their token till 1955, Strange part of it all is that I
used lots of these token in the fare boxes back in the 1950 's and, of course, didn't
realize this possibility (of two manufacturers) at the time. Go, to prove my point,
I would like very much to examine lots of 835 D's this year.
A1 Craig writes that the company which operated that little Pixie Railway at
Lincoln City, Ore., has sold out their equipment to a place in Salt Lake City (Lagoon
Amusement Park) , but the new outfit apparently does not use tokens.
So we hope that some of the tokens we have letters out on, will show up so that
we can have a nice batch to send out to N.I.S, members in July. The August "sending”
will consist of the AVA Convention token, which will cost $2,50 +SAE, Details on
where non-NIS members may order this token will appear in a later issue of The Fare
Box, But meanwhile we have a lot of others pending and promised to us.
I don't like to list tokens, as we did this month, which we were not successful
in obtaining, but we can't sit on them forever. Sorry we won't be able to furnish
the Milledgeville and the Lowell tokens.
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= THE LAMENT OF A NEW COLLECTOR =
By John M. Hoffmann
-JaCg 1975-
Being a relatively new member of A.V.A. and having only a small number of tokens
in my collection at present, I am writing this article asking for help for us newcom-
ers so that we can have an opportunity to expand our collections via trades. We ail
know that tokens are a common bond for trading, but how many members know what other
hobby or collections fellow members are also interested in without writing many let-
ters? For instance, I am a I so a date nail collector (both railroad and utility com-
pany nails) and would dearly love to trade date nails for transportation tokens I need.
However I know of only three other A.V.A. members at present that I can trade some
nails with for tokens to help my collection grow. But how many other active (or pot-
ential) nail collectors are there that are lurking in the background that I would nev-
er hear about except by chance?
In providing a means mainly to assist the new col lectors, a special form would be
included with a future issue of THE FARE BOX for all members to f i I I in the other hob-
bies they are interested in. These forms could then be returned to be Incorporated
into either the membership booklet (if possible) or in a special section in a future
issue of THE FARE BOX.
This way many of those duplicate tokens that are stored and collecting dust in
some advanced collector's treasure chest could be put into circulation and traded for
other collectibles that he or various other members might want. If this idea has merit
1 hope it can be pursued. If not, I hope anyone reading this who Is interested in
trading me tokens for nails will drop me a line and we'll get into high gear.
*****
= A tVORD FROM JOE =
If you have sent trades to me and not heard, let me knou, as things have been
slack, and the wife and I have been i/atching mail, and on 31 May 1975 nothing came in.
But around 5 pm a young girl came to the door and brought my Marine Corps retirement
check and tuo letters from AVA members. She found tliem about a block from our home
blov/ing doim the street. So either the post office truck driver i/as careless or it
was taken from t/ie truck. * Joe Studebaker - 2614 Legare St, - Beaufort, SC 29902.
*****
= WHEN IS AK AUTO NOT AN AUTO? =
Ben Odesser lias {fust returned from a ten-day vacation in London, England, and a
note from him to the Editor is interesting:
"One thing I found out of significance to AVA is that auto, in England, means
automatic and has nothing to do with transportation. These items are used in slot
machines for various reasons. Inasmuch as you mentioned previously that I should let
you know of any news I have, I found out that the items on Page 255 of the Smith Cat-
alogue that have the word AUTO on them, are not transportation tokens hut slot machine
tokens of some kind. Also I found out that the Monarch Auto Co. is located in Mon-
mouth, England. One of the coin dealers at the Portohello Street Market told me that,
and that he had purchased a hatch of the tokens. Also the token comes in Id besides
the 2d listed."
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Peter Weiglin of Cincinnati, a new member, reports that he recently visited Rich-
mond, Va,, and went thru 10,000 Va 720 G's, and found about 40 "foreigns” among them.
Among these "foreigns” was an unlisted token from the Midwest, presently in use, which
we are checking out for the N.I.S. He also learned that thousands of Portsmouth and
other Virginia tokens had been dumped into the harbor at Hampton Roads in the 1950' s
from the Norfolk Ferry 1
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WANTED: Pa 760 A and 970 A. Have Pa 725 D and H to trade.
R. Grant Garner - RD 2, Box 112 - Oil City» PA 16301
FOR SALE: Small collection of "good for" pocket mirrors from states east of Nebraska.
Sold as collection only; or will trade individual pieces for desirable Colorado tok-
ens. g Lee Nott - 631 Osage Drive 2 Papillion, NE 68046
MAIL BID: All N.C, - 20 A, 30 C, 130 A, 160 A, 190 A B C, 240 A, 290 ABC, 330 A,
380 C D E, 450 ABE, 545 A B, 660 A, 670 A, 630 B C, 690 C D E, 700 B C D E, 710 A B
770 B, 880 A B, 950 B, 980 A B C E F G I, Add airmail 6 insurance. CLOSE JULY 15
George H. Wyatt - 32 Skylark Lane Lunenburg, MA 01462
WANTm";^ COLORADO 620 A D, 640 A, 760 ACFGKIKLMO, 860 A B C D E, 998 ABC.
R.3. Seger ;; 6054 So. Marshall Drive ^ Littleton, CO 80123
FOR SALE; March 1916 edition of "Suburban Trolley Lines Within 50 Miles of Nev; York
City" 31 pages maps names & schedules. Also looseleaf copies of Atwood 1948 & 1952
editions. Best offer over $10 each.
B. Keith - 18440 Fielding Ave. ;;; Detroit, MI 48219
FOR SALE: Ala 120 J 80<:, 570 E 459; Alas 190 A $9.50, 400 C $1, 450 H $1.60; Ark 435 J
501?, 720 B $2.50, 975 A $2.40, B $1; Cal 445 C 75<:, D $1, E $1, 450 K 50<:, 575 O 60<:,
R 75^, 700 A $1.50, B 75<::, 703 A $2, B 75<:, 715 V 50f, X 759, 760 D SO^, E 50<?, F 50<:,
805 B, $1.50, 815 E $1, 835 E $1, 970 B 50^, 997 H $1, 715 U 45<!:; Mich 775 A $4.75;
Okla 610 B $3.25; Wis 700 E $3.50.
J.H. Roy 10201 Christophe Colomb ;;; Montreal, Quebec
I WOULD LIKE to exchange TT trade lists with other members. My list of approx. 200
TT's for trade, are mostly common. = Greg Prgomet - Box 87 Greensburg, PA 15601
FOR SALE/TRADE + POSTAGE: Mass 115 G 509, I 759, L 409, 135 A 509, B 509, C 759, 550
B 609, 825 A 409; NH 720 B 259; RI 700 E 509; CA 435 A 459, B 509, 450 B 409, J 409,
K 559, 575 M 609; NC 130 K 459, 980 D 459; Ind 260 A 459, 690 A 409; NH 3820 A 759;
Brookline Park Dept, tennis token (Mass.) $1.50; also trolley items; SAE required for
list, g Kevin T. Farrell - 7 Brown St , - No. Billerica, MA 01862
WANTED: Merchant's trade tokens (v/ith or i^ithout city & state). Will trade TT,PT,
coins, postage stamps, or v;hat? - S. Ruggeri - P.O. Box 145 - Canton, OH 44701
ATWOOD'S CATALOGUE OF UNITED STATES S CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION TOKENS, 3rd edition
1970, 731 pages buckram bound. Price $12 retail special AVA member price $8 postpaid.
SUPPLEMENT 1973 to the Atwood Catalogue, 40 pages, price $1.50 postpaid.
CAR WASH TOKENS by Ford & Coffee, price $4.50 (120 pages cloth-bound). Reg. $7.50.
J.M. Coffee - 4104 Sixth Avenue - Tacoma, WA 98406
= APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP =
1546 RAY WOLTER - 1790 BIRMINGHAM STREET - MAPLEWOOD, MINNESOTA 55109
Age 56; Machinist. Collects all types. lCamvLnghcirr\]
1547 WILLIAM A. WtLLIGES, JR. - BOX 655 - DAVIS, CALIFORNIA 95616
Age 20; Student. Col lects Ca I i fornia tokens. {WiZOjgzs]
1548 GEORGE E. COLE - 177 TOMPKINS STREET - P I TTSTON, PENNSYLVANIA 18640
Age 34; Foreman. Collects U.S. & Parking. {RidzA S G-cbbonA)
1549 DAVID L. FREED - BOX 2009 - SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84110
Age 65; Businessman. Collects U.S. [La.voA.qna.)
1550 ROBERT D. SCHOPP - 1257 KLOCKNER ROAD, APT. 98^- TRENTON, NEW JERSEY 08619
Age 30; Civil Engineer. Collects U.S. , ISakubeAt)
1551 JON D. SPIELBERG - 7929 HEATHER ROAD - ELKINS PARK, PENNSYLVANIA 191 17
Age 27; College Instructor. Collects U.S. [SdiunacheA.)
1552 ROBERT V. WRUCK - 8400 RIDGEMONT DRIVE - URBANDALE, IOWA 50322
Age 32; Systems Engineer. Collects U.S. & Parking. [Llailvu)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS (* indicates Contribution to Address Plate Fund)
* Stanley U. Heist, Jr. - 1422 Manley Road - West Chester, Pennsylvania 19380
Advertisements in THE FARE BOX are free to A,V,A, members. Simply write your ad on a
separate sheet xoith name & address, and send it to the Editor. You may have up to 6
lines every month if you wish, hut make it different each time please.
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Volijjne~297 Humber ^ ~ ' - ~ ' AUGUST, 197^ - Our 33^th Issue
Until August 23 all mail intended for THE FARE BOX should be sent to:
John M, Coffee, Jr, - UlOli Sixth Avenue - Tacoma, VIA 98ii06
July 29, This is the last call for the 1975 Annual Convention of the A,V,A.
to be held August 15~17 at the Ramada Inn/Airport - 9620 Airport Blvd, - Los An-
geles, CA 90009, Bob Ritterband informs me he already has over 75 paid advance
registrations! This will definitely break all records for attendance, and we do
hope to see you there, A lot of us will be arriving Thursday night.
Just received is our new booklet. Personal Tokens of Vecturists, prepared
for us by Paul and Susan Cunningham, A really fine piece of work, and a copy
has been sent free to every AVA member. Our hearty thanks to Paul and Susan for
answering our call of a couple months back in such an efficient and rapid way.
Incidentally, just before I left Boston, Paul called to report that a huge
quantity of the previously rare Ohio 165 G and H had turned up. Between 300 and
500 of them, as a matter of fact! Ohio 165 H was census until now. So don’t pay
very much for these two tokens. We understand they will be for sale at the L,A,
Convention very reasonably.
My trip from Boston to Tacoma via Amtrak was— mirabile dictu— wonderful.
Trains were all clean, the air-conditioning worked, and they’re putting two diners
on the long trains now so there’s no waiting for lunch or dinner. The whole trip
was a delight for an old rail fan like myself, and now I'm looking forward to the
trip to L.A. on the "Coast Starlight." Along the way I had great hospitality from
members: David Schenkman in Indian Head, MD; Joel Reznick in Chicago j Syd Joseph
in Denver; Hal & Louise Ford in Oakland. I visited with scores of collectors, too,
and all in all it was a rewarding trip. A big gathering at Syd's home in Denver
brought out Toby Frisbee, Gene Skoglvmd, Bob Seger, George Van Trump, Doris Wietrick,
Bob Spencer, Jim Zervas, Tom & Flo McDonald, and Clay Welty. The annual meeting at
Duane Feisel's place in Los Altos brought out the usual big turnout of California
collectors. When I left Boston I said I'd pick up a dozen census tokens. Didn’t
quite make a dozen, but I have picked up four since I left. Not too bad.
The August issue is always a small one. The next (September) issue will be
published from Boston late in September, will a full report on the convention, and
all the other news picked up over the summer.
Meanwhile, we’ll see you in Los Angeles.
APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP
■August 1975
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l553 NORMAN I. FISCHER - 501 MATTHEW ROAD - HARRISBURG, PENNSILVANIA 17109
Age U8} Rate Analyst, Collects U.S, (Williges Sr.)
155U CLARENCE B. JEFFCOAT - 3305 JOHNSON LANE - CONWAY, SOUTH CAROLINA 29526
Age 37; Chemical Engineer. Collects U.S., Parking. (Coffee)
1555 J. ANDREW SACK - 2920 ABIGAIL DRIVE #6 - LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY li0205
Age Ul; Pastor, Collects U.S. (Coffee)
1556 MARGO RUSSELL - 911 VANDEMARK ROAD - SIDNEY, OHIO li5365
Age 55; Editor. (Mazeau)
1557 DOUGLAS E. PETERS - 3025 ITHACA STREET - ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 18103
Age 33; Collects U.S,, Canada. Chemical Engineer. (Mazeau)
1558 CHARLES E. COOPER, JR. - BOX 13532 - GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA 27U05
Age 33; Numismatist. Collects U.S. (Coffee)
1559 PAUL E. SPARKMAI^ II - 1871 SARASOTA WAY - SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 95122
Age 28; Darkroom Technician, Collects U.S, & Canada. (Coffee)
1560 WILLIAM HLYSTONE - 2132 DELAWARE AVENUE - PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA l52l8
Age 32; Upholsterer, Collects U.S. (Hopchak)
1561 TOM N, BERRY - 2735 COLORADO STREET - SARASOTA, FLORIDA 33577
Age 70, Coin & Standi Dealer, Collects U.S., Canada. (Coffee)
REINSTATEMENTS TO MEMBERSHIP
365 Q. DAVID BOWERS - 6922 HOLLYWOOD BLVD., SUITE 600 - LOS ANGELES, CA 90028
ii86 JACK CLIFFORD HANEY - 623 VINE STREET - IRONTON, OHIO U5638
CHANGE OF ADDRESS {* indicates contribution to Address Plate Fund)
* James Clymer - 2117 Placid Drive - Carrollton, Texas 75006
Major Herman N, Elston - lU77 Gardenia Lane - APO San Francisco, CA 963314
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= RECORD PRICES FOR FARE TOKENS -
By Yosef Sa'ar
On page 16 of the Feb. Fare Box it mentions that $2l40 is the highest known
price for a transport tokens (PA 765 A), I also recall that Quebec 7145 A did
realize $200 (Canada) at the 1965 convention of the Canadian Numismatic Assn, in
Montreal. Recently I received 2 auction catalogues with prices realized that give
us some new record prices for fare tokens.
The Don Flick collection sale (April 17-20, 1975), Quebec 620 K about Unc,
realized $250 Canada. (Lot 2010; sale catalogued by Frank Rose)
The sale of the collection of AVA life member Ray Byrne (June 13“15> 1975,
catalogued by Jess Peters Inc., Los Angeles): Lot 26, Nassau, Bahamas, U Para-
dise Island Bridge tokens and one cruise boat token, 5 pieces $55. The Fare Box
page 8l (1971) lists one bridge token used by en^^loyees. According to the sale
catalogue there are others~a WM 27mm for buses, a K 28mm for residents, a blue-
enameled WM 29mm for taxicabs. The cruiseboat token is a 2^3nm for a round trip
from Nassau to Paradise Island. (No metal stated.)
Same sale, lot 238: Amba, Curacao 80 A, VF+, realized $100 (this token is
pictured on page 21 of the 1967 Fare Box), Lot 858, Jamaica I42O A plus either
I42O B or C, 2 pieces realized $15 (see photos page 21, I967 Fare Box), Lot 859,
Jamaica 1:20 D realized $350. See listing in The Fare Box, page 1i:7 0 971). A
new record for a transport token. Lot 9UI, Brazil 710 A realized $50. This is
incorrectly attributed from Montserrat Island in the sale catalogue. Smith's
Catalogue correctly puts it from Brazil (Santos). Finally, Norway 750 A (Lot
1073) realized $15* Sale catalogue incorrectly lists it from Virgin Islands, a
definite error. The Smith Catalogue correctly lists it from Norway,
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PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS OF PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA
by David E. Schenkman
The history of Petersburg's public transportation systems began in 1882» when
the Petersburg Street Railway Company was authorized to operate "a street railway
system with a single track, the cars to be drawn by horses or mules, and the fare
not to exceed five cents per person." The line, which issued two vulcanite tokens
(Va. 620 A and B), started operating in September, 1883. The company had six cars.
During the early days of operations the mud was so bad in some sections that the
mules had to be unhitched to keep them from becoming mired. By 1890 the company
owned nine cars, thirty eight mules, and two horses.
A second line which ran from Petersburg to the Central Lunatic Asylum was
completed in 1888. The line was named The Petersburg & Asylum Railway. Old timers
nicknamed it the "Dummy Line" since the power was furnished by a dummy type steam
engine. Considering the destination of the line, the nickname probably had a dual
meaning. As far as I know this company never used tokens, but I have in my collection
a few interesting cardboard transfer tickets which were good on both this line and
the Petersburg Street Railway Company cars.
Both of these early lines were owned by Mr. George Beadle. In the early 1890’s
he established an electric car line which eliminated both the mule drawn cars and
the dummy engines. In 1896 he sold out to the Virginia Traction Company, a company
that unfortunately didn't believe in using tokens. After two years of operations
the electric cars proved so faulty that the company converted back to the mule drawn
cars. New electric equipment was purchased and in 1899 the mule cars were retired
for good. In the early 1900's the Virginia Traction Company merged into the Virginia
Railway and Power Company, which eventually became the Virginia Electric & Power
Company. One token, 620 P, was issued by this company.
Another company that evidently didn't use tokens was the Richmond & Petersburg
Electric Railway, This line started operating in 1902, connecting Petersburg with
Richmond, The line followed the general route of what is now the Richmond-Petersburg
Turnpike. In 1909 the ccmipany merged with the Virginia Railway and Power Company.
Gas buses eventually replaced the electric cars.
The early streetcars were two man operations, having a motorman and a conductor.
The people of Petersburg found the old summer cars, which were open and had seats
from side to side, to be a pleasant mode of transportation. In 1919 one-man safety
cars replaced the two-man cars.
In 1923 the streetcars on the Walnut Hill line were replaced by trackless
trolleys, which were cars without rails, electrically operated with dual trolley
poles. These vehicles had solid rubber tires and the vibrations they made were so
bad the citizens ccmiplalned about plaster cracking in their houses. Various
Improvements were made, including a solid cement strip which was laid in the center
of the line, but the trolleys proved unsuccessful and were discontinued in December,
1926. They were immediately replaced by gasoline buses.
In 1932 Mr. H.B. Maitland started operating small jitneys in the Kenilworth
area of Petersburg. The jitneys were later replaced by buses, and the company was
named Maitland Brothers Bus Line. Although Mr. Maitland evidently had a hatred of all
token collectors, he issued a total of eight Interesting tokens, 620 F through M.
The rarest of these is M, which is actually an unpunched error of the L token.
However, they evidently were used with the knowledge of the company, thus the listing.
Our editor, John Coffee, spent some time in Petersburg in the late 1940's, and he
recalls that Maitland's drivers had strict instructions not to sell even a single
token to a collector. We can only speculate on what schemes John devised to acquire
tokens!
During the same period of time during which Mr, Maitland was starting in
business, Mr. Frank M. Parrish started his own company, known as the High Street Bus
Line. He purchased this line from the Southside Transportation Company. The company
issued two tokens, 620 N and 0, the latter one being extremely rare. The line operated
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from downtown Petersburg to High Street and a few other streets in the area. In
the early days of operation there was only one bus that went around and around the
route. The fare in those days was 5C, and you could ride all day long if you wanted
to. In 1932 Mr. Parrish's company started running the Femdale Park line. This line
ran from the downtown area to Ferndale Park via Washington Street. In 1937 Maitland
Brothers purchased the Ferndale Park line from Mr. Parrish. From what I have learned,
the use of tokens was discontinued on the High Street line about 1938, and all those
on hand V'^ere thrown into the Potomac river. In 1940 Mr. Parrish started another
line, this one connecting Petersburg with Camp Lee.
Va. 620 C was issued by the Petersburg, Hopewell & City Point Railway, a company
that operated streetcars between Petersburg and Hopewell until it went into
receivership in 1930. Another firm, the Southside Transportation Company, received
a charter in 1927 to operate buses from Petersburg to Hopewell. In August of 1930
a new company, the Petersburg, Hopewell & City Point Transportation Company, was
formed. This company took over the assets of the Petersburg, Hopewell & City Point
Railway, and in 1939 purchased the Southside Transportation Company. That same year
the name of the company was changed to Petersburg-Hopewell Bus Lines. The streetcar
line to Hopewell was converted, giving Petersburg 100% bus operation. 620 C continued
to be used until the 1940's by the Petersburg-Hopewell Bus Lines as a mail carrier
token, . , o
The Ettrick area of Petersburg was served by a small company, the Ettnck Bus
Line, This line, owned by Mr, Jessie Laffoon, used only one token, the scarce 620 E.
In 1939, with the death of Mr. Laffoon, the line was purchased by Mr. Stewart P.
Driskill and named Driskill Bus Lines. During this same period the Matoaca Bus Line
was in operation. Little is known about this company, but they left collectors with
one desirable token, 620 D. In 1944 the Petersburg-Hopewell Bus Lines acquired this
company, as v/ell as the Driskill Bus Line,
In 1945 the Virginia Electric & Power Company sold its bus operation to the
Petersburg Transit Company. This company issued four varieties of tokens, 620 Q, R,
S and T. Any collector owning a specimen of the plated token, 620 S, should consider
himself very fortunate. According to an article written in 1949 by John Coffee, these
tokens were made as samples. The company received only sixteen of them, and they were
placed in circulation with the other tokens.
The Kenilworth line, of Maitland Brothers was purchased by Petersburg Transit
Company in 1947, and during that same year they purchased the High Street Bus Line
from Mr. Parrish. Two years later Mr. Parrish retired from the transit business and
sold his Petersburg-Camp Lee line to the Petersburg-Hopewell Bus Lines.
The I950's saw a decline in passenger traffic, and in 1956 the Petersburg Transit
Company notified the city that it was ceasing operations. The Petersburg-Hopewell
Bus Lines v;as granted a permit to operate those lines abandoned by the Petersburg
Transit Company. The next year the ownership of Petersburg-Hopewell Bus Lines
changed. The new directors of the corporation felt that the company should have a new
name to better identify the area served, thus the name was changed to Tri-City
Coaches, Inc. Tri-City Coaches has never used tokens, but they did issue several types
of cardboard school tickets. The president of the company was very helpful in
supplying information regarding the predecessors of his firm and their operation. In
a letter a fev/ years ago he wrote "It makes me sick to think of all the tokens and
tickets I have destroyed in the thirty years of service and not to have kept some
for history." ^ tu- n
This completes my notes on the transportation companies of Petersburg. This small
old southern town has the largest number of transportation tokens of any Virginia
town, and only two or three collectors can boast of owning all twenty issues. In 1967,
a few years after I became interested in Virginia tokens, my wife and I spent a day
in Petersburg searching for some of the elusive issues from that area. I knew the
Maitland Brothers Bus Line was still operating, but my letters to the company had
gone unanswered. After an unsuccessful search of all the coin and antique shops in the
tov/n, v/e went to the office of Maitland Brothers. This old building, located on the
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main highway at the west end of town, was a large wooden garage where the buses
were maintained; a small office was attached, and the buses were kept parked in
the weeds at the side of the building. While tiy wife waited in the car, I went in
the office and spoke with the manager, a very pleasant man who informed me that
the corrpany, which was now primarily a charter bus service, was no longer owned
by Maitland. When asked about tokens he laughed and told me that they had all been
destroyed years ago. “Sure wish we had some of those old tokens now", he said. "We
get letters all the time from collectors who want to buy them. I just throw the
letters away, because I don't have time to answer all of them." Disappointed, I
thanked him and left. Outside the office I saw an old mechanic working on one of
the buses, so I walked over and asked him about the tokens. Much to my surprise
he told me that while cleaning up the tool room in the garage a few months back,
he had found a small box full of the tokens. No, he didn't think he had thrown
them out. I explained to him that I was a collector and had driven up all the way
from Norfolk just to get some of the tokens. He went to look for them and was gone
for about five minutes (it seemed like five hours). He came back at last, and
presented me with a box of tokens which he said I was welcome to take free. I
hastily thanked him and left, not wanting to give him a chance to change his mind.
I drove a few blocks and stopped to examine my treasure. The box contained well
over a hundred of the 620 J, several each of 620 H and I, and quite a few 620 F
and G (which were then on the census list). Also in the box were a few very nice
old Virginia trade checks, and right on top of everything was a beautiful specimen
of the rare aluminum High Street Bus Line token, 620 0. Needless to say I was elated
beyond description. There were none of the lOi Maitland Brothers tokens in the
group; evidently this box was put away when Maitland started charging a 10^ fare.
A couple of years ago I was again in Petersburg and drove down to see the old
Maitland garage. The building had been tom down, no doubt a victim of old age. It
was sad to learn that another piece of the past had been destroyed. No new building
would have the character and charm of the old Maitland garage.
“ AUGUST NEW ISSUES SERVICE REPORT -
The N,I,S, is entering its 21st year at a tall gallop with all kinds of tokens
coining yo\ir way. This month's listings of new issues were sent you last month and
should be in your hands by now (unless your account wasn't enough to cover them).
Our thanks to Ralph Freiberg for making a special trip to Walnut Creek to pick
up a supply of CA 692 A. Our thanks, as usual, to Tom Williamson for obtaining a
supply of NY 695 E and 375 2 for us. It took a lot of correspondence on my part
and Ralph Freiberg's part to get supplies of NH 6l5 A and OR 2iiO H but we got them.
The TN 20 E is like 20 D but a different metal, and again ovir thanks to Mr.
Craig for getting a supply of these for us.
The 1975 Los Angeles Convention Tour token will be a real beauty and I'll send
these out after I return from the convention. Our thanks to Bob Ritterband and his
staff for making these available to us. Remember— please— if you will be getting
yours at the Convention and do not want me to send you one, wite and let me know
right away!
There are a lot more new issues pending, and with the new high fare rates it
is doubly important for N.I.S, members to keep up your balance to cover the cost of
these tokens. I have to send large checks to buy quantities of these tokens so we
need capital, and we need your deposit to cover the tokens we send you.
This month I want to welcome 3 new associate members to the N.I.S. : Richard
Marzian, James Adams, and Bill Crawford. Welcome aboard!
- John G. Nicolosl
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AUGUST SUPPLEMENT TO ATWDOD'S CATALOGUE
By Ralph Freiberg
-August 1975-
CALIFORNIA
Walnut Creek 962 (Reported by Jack Smith and New Issues Service)
CITY OF WALNUT CREEK (WALNUT TREE ft BUS)
A B 25 Sd Good For One Free All Day Ticket
The BARTAtowntown Shuttle Bus (* 2/23/75) $0*25
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor UO (Reported by Hector Turgeon and Rolce Rider)
A A T A (LOGO) (Ann Arbor Transportation Authority)
A B 16 Sd (same as obverse but with Pilgrim Hat mintmark added)
(* U/75) (senior citizen & low-income token) .25
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Litchfield 5l5 (Reported by M&W and N.I.S.)
STERLING BUS LINE
A o B 29 Sd Litchfield N.H, (* 1969) (500 struck) (school token) .25
NEW YORK
Oswego 695 (Reported by A1 Craig & Tom Williamson)
E Bz 23 S (Like 87$ R, but electroplated pink)(# 1/75) •‘*5
Syracuse 075 (Reported A1 Craig & Tom Williamson)
Z B 20 Bar (Like 875 I, but WM-plated)(* 1/75) *35
OREGON
Ehigene 2U0 (Reported by MKW and N.I.S.)
LANE TRANSIT DISTRICT EUGENE, ORE. (LOGO)
H B 16 Sd Good For One Fare LTD 197U (senior citizen token) .25
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sturgis 900 (Reported by Doris J. Wietrick)
FRUTH HOTEL. STURGIS, S.D.
A o B 30 Sd Good For / One / Return / Trip. (Sc-cloverleaf) 7.50
TENNESSEE
Alcoa 20 (Reported by A1 Craig)
E Bz 23 Sd (Like 20 D, but bronze) (* 1/75)
(Used as part-way fare between Alcoa and Knoxville)
DISTRICT OF COLUMBU
Washington 500 (Reported by David Burnette, Richard Parker, David Schenkman)
METRO TM
AM B 20 M-sc Metrobus 1973 Serving Our Students (school token) .15
- NOTES BY RALPH FREIBERG
The August issue is limited in space so I shall have to condense ay comments.
The line using the Walnut Creek, CA, token began operating January l5» 1975. I
went over there a week after the line started but the bus drivers then knew no-
thing about any pending tokens. But we finally learned of the token from Jack
Smith. 5,000 tokens were struck in the first order. The tokens are sold in quan-
tities at a 20% discount, i.e. 50 for $10. The hope is that some industrial users
will buy them and give them out in various ways. Jack Smith found the token in a
sanple box in Cincinnati, so perhaps they were struck by Osborne Coinage Co, of
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that city. The Ann Arbor token is used for senior citizens and low-income people
to whom they are sold at a discount. Regula r fare is 25^ « The AATA has been in
existence since September, 1968, but the Authority office has since then moved to
YpsHantio Mr. Turgeon learned of this token thru the Roger Williams Mint, which
uses a mintmark that looks like a Pilgrim Hat. Joel Reznick telephoned AATA in an
effort to obtain a supply for the New Issues Service but they refused to sell any
to us. However, Roice Rider went down there and obtained several of them and has
an ad in this issue offering them for trade. They will not be available thru NIS.
However, members might get them by sending $1.25 plus postage and giving a social
security number indicating they are senior citizens. A senior citizen social sec-
urity ntimber is the same one everyone has, but with an “A” after it. Tokens are
sold at 10 for $1.25 to seniors.
We learned about the NH 6l5 A thru the Meyer & Wenthe records, and they have
stopped using them. It took us a long time to get an answer, but we finally did,
and the owner of the line has sold us 200 of them for the N.l.S. Tokens were used
on school buses in the Manchester vicinity. The firm's name derives from the
first name of its owner. Sterling Colby,
And we have some plated tokens from New York State. There will be a lot more
to come after this, too, A1 Craig had written to Syracuse inquiring about tokens
and learned about these, so we asked Tom Williamson to see if he could get a sup-
ply for us. First they used the blue -plated tokens in Oswego, but when the school
fare was reduced they shifted the blue ones over to Auburn and put pink-plated
ones into use in Oswego, Then for uniformity they also plated the adult tokens
as well. These tokens have undergone a lot of coloring: issued as bronze; then
WM-plated; then colored pink for use in Oswego, The pink is not overwhelming,
and in a short time it'll disappear. There was also a technicality in the use of
school tokens in Syracuse, and early in 1975 they also WM-plated the brass ones.
These tokens come thru the fare box and then are sold back to the School Board.
One reason they plated them was to show use during school hours only. The school
fare is the same as liie adult fare at present.
In Bugene, OR, they needed more senior citizen tokens and the reorder came
thru with the date 197i: on thKH, We learned of these thru the Meyer & Wenthe
records, but the company claimed they knew nothing of the token, back in January,
However, follow-up letters were fruitful and we have a supply now for N,I,S,
John Coffee was shown the depotel token of Sturgis, SD, when he was at Syd
Joseph's house in Denver. Doris wouldn't part with the token for anything.
After getting us a svq^ly of the Alcoa tokens for N.l.S.— the ones for a com-
plete trip from Alcoa to Knoxville— Mr, Craig learned about this partway fare one.
They didn't have enough of this Tenn 20 E on hand to sell us a quantity at the
time, but since have ordered 2,000 more so we got a 5\:5)ply for N.l.S, The Tenn
20 B & C, now obsolete, were also for partway fare. The 20 B & C were both sold
at the same price and it seems strange they had 2 metals; either bronze or brass
would have sufficed for both. Mr. Craig has been of great help to us in getting
new issues from that area. Had he been a member back when 20 A,B,C, were issued
we probably would've been able to simply these also thru N.l.S,
We knew of the D.C. school token for six months. David Schenkman's wife
found one in a parking loti They are sold only to school kids, who have a prop-
erly signed permission slip, at 10 for $1, John Coffee tried to buy a quantity
at the Metro office in Washington, but was turned down flat. However they did
give him ten of them for free, just to get him out of their hair. So this one
won't be handled by N.l.S, but they will be available thru ads in The Fare Box.
These were struck by Osborne Coinage Co,, two million being made. Meyer & Wenthe
struck the adult tokens (li,000,000 made).
The new Providence, RI, RIPTA tokens have just arrived, courtesy of Hector
Turgeon, and these will be sent out by N.l.S., and listed next month. We have a
lot more new issues pending. It all takes time, but we'll get most of them even-
tually, and you will, too, if yoiir N.l.S, balance is sufficient to cover them.
See you in Los Angeles.
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F^'lALOFQUOfS'^RICES~5‘TOSTAGErCAT7T'Q"3O07*^Trc“2^?7"39FATiO^7'CT“7fFT
hSii IL 270 E 35^, 535 B 35^j NH 6i5 A iiO^; NY 695 E 30^, 875 Z 50^, 980 B 5o0j
PA 70 A 15^, 875 B 65^, 9U0 B 15^, 985 J U5^, K 35^; WI 700 I U5^. Foreign list
for SAE, « John G. Nicolosi - 3002 Galindo St. - Oakland, CA 9U601
ISSUE RI 700“k'(RIPTA token) 25^ J Mfg sample 17 B 2^^} Mass 760 E 20^, +SAE."
H.J. Turgeon 1U3 Harrison Avenue ^ Warwick, RI 02888
500 DIFF. TT’s to any IJ.S. address for $150,00, send 3rd class insured. Also,
h50 diff. for $135. Only one offer of each available. SAE will bring you rty la-
test sales list of TT's & PT's,
Paul Targonsky - 23 Harrison St, ;;; Meriden, CT 06U50
NEW SENIOR CITIZEN TOKEN OF ANN ARBOR, MICH, (will not be sent out by New Issued
Service) for trade only for any tokens I can use. Will appreciate your trade list
when available. ■ Roice Rider - 1523 Bailey St, - Lansing, MI 148910
IGR SALE: 5() TT*s loose for $7.25 pp. 50 in 2x2 envelopes for $7.75 pp. 2 wood
nickels with either lot, ° P, Thompson - i 8Q5 Lyons Ave, - Lansing, MI I4891O
TOR ^E TO BEST OFFER: Manitoba 900 Bj NY 300 A} Ohio 175 X; Wis 510 D. Old un-
listed parking token for Conanonwealth Hotel, Chicago, 111,
Msurie A. Johnson - Route 2 - Clinton, MI 149 2 36
PARKING TOKENS TOR SALE AT 50^ EACH: IN 3350 A, 3610 A; lA 32UO A, 3300 Fj KS 3I450
A(A), 3I49O C E; KY 31 UO A, 3i480 B, 3510 C(A); LA 3080 A(A) D(B) G, 37140 D; MD 3220
Ac, 3620 ki MA 3280 A, 3970 B(D)j MI 3060 A, 3530 C(D)(E), 3650 A, 3885 C, 3935 A.
J, Douglas Ferguson - Box 38 Rock Island. Quebec J0B2K0
PLEASE WRITE far my free list of over 200 diff. TT*s for sale (15^-$1 ) or trade.
Dan Rusnak - Box 327 - Sparks, NV 89I431
WANTED: Mass 210 B, 305 A, 505 B, 550 M P, 630 F, 6^0 B, 970 Bj RI 700 A B.
Melvin £. Beaton 2 111 Spring Street ;; West Roxbury, MA 02132
JULY ISSUE PRICES still good. For trade or not trade to highest bidder, ♦ postage
25 diff, PT's (include $1 PT) PTMS 3006 A, 3007 C, MSPT 3070 Bbj Pa 675 C; CA 31:50
AD; SC 3100 A; Quebec 3620 D; 1st book Que 3999 D.
Joe Studebaker - 261I4 Legare St. - Beaufort, SC 29902
WILL TRADE ONTARIO 950 C for Ontario 950 A or D.
John K, Curtis - Box 263 Willowdale, Ontario M2N 5S9
A 10^ STAMP will get you rny newest TT, PT, and car wash token list,
Gary Pipher - Box 217 - Johnson City, NY 13790
TT's FOR SALE AT 25^ EACH + POSTAGE; NH 720 A B; NM hO E; NY 10 A, l65 D, 230 E F
G H I, 360 B, 141:5 D E F 0, 505 A, 6l5 D, 631 Q T, 760 A B, 785 A B, 905 G, 995 A;
NC 20 B, 130 M, 190 D, 350 B, 960 A, 980 D H. Also have several issues of THE
FARE BOX (33) for 1961:, 1968, 1969, 1970. Will sell for $9.90 or trade for equal
value of your dupe TT's at cat. price,
Claude G, Thompson - 3757 Kipling Avenue So, - Minneapolis, MN 551:16
LET'S TRADE I 1968 aVa Oakland Convention token (Cal 760 J) for your 25 diff,
TT's double-stamped #10 envelope. My token cats, $2,50.
Bill Williges - Box hkS - Wheatland, CA 95692
V/ANTED: the following N.J, parking tokens; 3220 B, 31:U0 A, 3700 A, 388^ 0, and
car wash I4IO, 590. I'll pay lOx cat, for one of each for n?y collection.
Bob Slawsky - P,0. Box 1:23 ; Rockaway, NJ 07666
BOOKS - trade for TT's, PT's, foreign tokens, Canada tokens, etc. Books on horses
history, Indians, political, outdoors, fishing, hunting, animals, religion, nov-
els, Fannie Hurst, Sinclair Lewis, baseball, sports, 1850-1970. Write;
Frank E, Boldizar 1700 Lyons Ave. - Lansing. MI 148910
ATVIDOD'S CATALOGUE ($5.00); CAR WASH TOKM CATALOGUE ($1:.50); ' SUPPLEMENT Op' AT- —
TOOD CATALOGUE ($1,50) all postpaid; can ship directly from Tacoma. Please make
out check to my name as don't have accoxmt out here for A,V,A,
Johi M, Coffee, Jr, 1:101: Sixth Avenue - Taccma, WA 981:06
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Volume 29, Number 9 - SEPTEMBER, 1975
Our 339th Issue
BENi^TT D. ARNOLD
The Editor regrets to report the death of Ben Arnold^ AVA §1249 ^ on May 3 of this
year, I did not "know Ben personaVLyg hut I Itave corresponded vrith him^ as Itave many
of the rest of us, "Every man *s death diminishes me, " ixrote John Donne, and this is
also true of our Association, Re leaves a void, iHth us, but it is good to knoD that
his membership in the AVA meant very much to him, and added a new dimension to his
life.
September 22. In addition to learning of Ben's death, I have also recently been
informed that a former member, Nat Horv;it 2 of Utica, NY, died on August 26 after a
long illness. Nat, who was 83 when he died, was a real gentleman and a delightful
friend. He frequently attended NEVA meetings in Nev; York City, travelling all the
way from Utica by bus. We shall miss him at future gatherings in the big city.
A wonderful summer has come and gone, and we begin a new token year with our ac-
customed large issue, v;hich is made easier to publish now thanks to our Stencil-making
machine which permits me to transcribe neat articles directly onto stencils. Thus,
for instance, the long Prices Realized of the AVA auction is put directly onto sten-
cils exactly as Ken Smith sent the list to me. That vrould've been a horror to type!
The Los Angeles Convention in August was far and away the largest and busiest
convention we have ever had. It is no disservice to our earlier conventions— all of
which have been excellent— to say that more members and visitors had more fun, did
more things, met more people, and saw more tokens, than at any previous gathering of
transportation token collectors. The Editor arrived from Tacoma via Amtrak's wonder-
ful "Coast Starlight." This train probably is the most enjoyable of any train now
operating in America. From Seattle it roars dov?n the Puyallup Valley to Tacoma, thence
along Puget Sound to Olympia, and on down to Portland where it crosses the mighty
Columbia. Then races down the Williamette Valley to Eugene, cuts over glorious moun-
tain scenery as it crests the high Siskiyous, races down to Klamath Falls, then over
more magnificent mountain scenery in northern California right beside mighty Mount
Shasta, then down the Sacramento Valley to San Francisco Bay, cooled by the Great
Pacific Fog which rolls in through the Golden Gate. On down the northern San Jaoquin
Valley, then over an amazing mountain pass into San Luis Obispo, and at least 150
miles right along Pacific Ocean beaches in southern California, as bathers wave at
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the great train from the surf, delighted to see that trains are still alive and v/ell
in America. It was clean, cool, uncrov/ded, and friendly. If you want a wonderful
vacation some time, take this train* It is pure joy to ride*
Arriving in L.A. Thursday evening, I was net at the depot by Bob Ritterband who
drove me out to the Ramada Inn at the L*A* Airport* Already well over a dozen AVA
members had gathered in Bill Williges* roora (vjhich he shared with his son, also an
AVA member) . Max Schv/artz was the center of much of the attention as he brought out
tokens which some of us grabbed up as fast as he produced them. Hal Ford, for in-
stance, beat me by a split second to get a Philippines 700 F (the 2nd one knownl) at
a bargain price. That "Harold Ford Reach" is probably the closest thing to the speed
of light ever beheld by man. But I did all right in spite of it. As the evening
wore on, more and more collectors crowded into the room, and some adjourned to other
rooms, on into the wee hours, to buy, sell, trade, and just talk tokens. In the old
days our conventions began on Saturday, and a few members started arriving on Friday.
Now the conventions begin on Friday, and a few merabers are arriving on Thursday. ♦ .and
often the best bargain are there on Thursday for the early birds. All day and all
night, throughout our stay, huge jet airplanes roared overhead, only about 20 feet
overhead it seemed, for we were right on the approach pattern, and our sleep was com-
forted with the thought that one pilot's slight wrong jiggle of a control wheel and
the whole area would be like another Hiroshima. I rejoiced that I would be returning
to Tacoma via a civilized method of travel, the railroad.
Friday, ail day, saw feverish activity in the big bourse room reserved for us.
There have never been so many tokens, from unique census tokens to common ones, for
sale in one room before this convention! Some of the prices were pretty high, but
others were more than reasonable. Ken Smith had a shoe box of at least a thousand
English celluloid tokens for sale at giveaway prices. There was something for every-
one, and the general atmosphere of the room was pleasant, friendly, and very busy.
The business meeting - Saturday morning - was held in an adjacent room so the
wheeler-dealers could keep going if they wished, and the business session was friendly
and relaxed. The auction came Saturday afternoon with the usual spirited bidding,
and that night we had the best banquet we've ever had at a convention, buffet style.
The food was excellent, and you could take all you v/anted. The room was jam packed
for the banquet and v;e had to bring in extra chairs. The program following the ban-
quet consisted of an excellent film by Nilliam Myers, company historian for Southern
California Edison, who told us the story of the Mount Lowe trolley line (not the one
that used the tokens) • Some discussion followed the shov/ing of the film, on the ex-
act nature of the Mt. Lowe tokens. I said nothing at the time, but Roland Atwood
once told me that these were made by R.W. Dunn and given to the man who operated the
little mule car atop Mt. Lowe, and they were then used by him on that mule car. Be
that as it may, a set of the four tokens brought $49.50 in the AVA auction that day.
On Sunday, 74 of us visited the famous "Queen Mary" in Long Beach (pictured on
bus tokens of that city). That huge ship must be seen to be believed. Returning to
the hotel, the buying & selling continued unabated Sunday afternoon in our AVA room,
which wisely was reserved for us also on Sunday.
Sunday afternoon I drove to Santa Barbara with Ralph Freiberg and John Nicolosi,
and that night in the motel room Ralph attempted, with only some success, to explain
the complicated usage of the electroplated tokens of Centro of New York State. I'm
still a little vague about them, though. Next morning I caught the "Coast Starlight"
northbound for Tacoma, and Ralph and Nick drove back to the Bay Area on their own.
The American Numismatic Association convention began right after our ended, in
the plush Marriott Hotel a block away, and the juxtaposition of the two shows no doubt
much increased attendance at our own convention. The following Thursday, during the
ANA show , the ANA made a room available for an "encore" meeting of the A.V.A., and
Bob Ritterband had arranged for a special program on the life and accomplishments of
George Francis Train, who built the first horsecar line in England, and who was hired
by the City of Tacoma, Wash., to make a round-the-world trip, Ralph Mitchell and Ken
Smith did the honors and displayed tokens and passes issued by Mr. Train. Bob tells
me about 50 were present for this, most of whom were not AVA members.
So another AVA Convention goes into the history books. But there will be a lot
of memories, and a lot of tangible souvenirs as well, because Bob had prepared a num-
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her of interesting souvenirs to be given to conventioneers^ such as a beautiful ad-
vertising mirror v^ith the AVA seal on it. Some day I*d like to see a display of AVA
Convention souvenirs that have been given out over the years. It would be a fascin-
ating display, and also a difficult collection to assemble, because some of the stuff
from our early convention is, frankly, quite rare—almost “census" one might say.
Bob Ritterband deserves a real vote of thanks from all of us for going all out on the
L*A. Convention. It v/as a wonderful event, and we all came away feeling the better
for having been there.
After several days in Tacoma, I headed back to Boston via Aratrak^s “Empire
Builder," another fine train which arrived in Chicago right on the minute. Out of
Chicago on the “Broadway Limited,** and then the last leg into Boston. Amtrak is back
the way it should be, and this year's train rides more than compensated for last
year's horror show.
In nev 7 York City on August 31, tlie day before the 50<^ fare went into effect, I
planned to buy 180 of the new tokens for Nicolosi's New Issues Service. After wait-
ing 15 rainutes in line at a change booth in a subway tunnel, I learned they had de-
cided not to use the nev 7 20mm tokens after all. They are continuing with the old 23imn
ones, and on August 31 were selling only one to a customer at 35^. But this week I
sav/ an article in COIN WORLD which seems to indicate that several new tokens are in
use on bridges. But I*m not sure they had their facts right as they also seemed to
think the new 20mm v/as in use in the subivays. In due time we'll get the facts, and
we know this: any token used in New York City will exist in sufficient quantities for
all of us to get one.
*****
^ TRACKLESS TROLLEYS =
By Robert M. Ritterband
In a recent article in THE FARE BOK it i/as said that “In 1913 , Herrillf f/isc.,
became the first place in the i/orld to put a trackless trolley into use." However f
John Anderson Miller in his famous transportation history , Fares Please , denies this.
On pages 167-69, he writes, "The system at Merrill was not the first conm^rcial
trolley bus line in the United States* The initial venture was made in 1910, vmen
the Laurel Canyon Utilities Co. installed a mile-and-a-half line betireen the trackage
of the Pacific Electric Railway at Hollyv/ood (Calif.) and a small settlement in Laurel
Canyon, known as Bungalow Town." He illustrates the 1910 vehicle, and states further
^*This system operated for some months before being abandoned in favor of an improved
gasoline bus.”
My personal interest in the subject dates from 1920 when I was a schoolboy and
our family lived about one block from this Hollyr^ood route. Although J missed out on
the trolley bus itself, I well remember riding the subsequent gasoline jitney v/hen
going to visit school chums living in the canyon. Soon after our California arrival,
the level portion of this line was replaced by a Pacific Electric spur using a one-
wan Birney streetcar, with a transfer to the jitney at the entrance to Laurel Canyon*
*****
= PHILADELPHIA MAY ORDER BICENTENNIAL COMMEMORATIVE TOKENS =
SEPTA of Philadelphia has just received a shipment of 1,500,000 20mm brass school
tokens from Osborne Coinage Co., and these will go into use this month, mixed in with
the present school tokens, Pa 750 AO AP AQ which will continue to be used. SEPTA^s
new brass regular fare tokens are still sitting in the vaults but are expected to go
into use by the end of this year. But most interesting of all, SEPTA has designed,
and taken bids on, a new Bicentennial transportat ion token. This will be made of
brass, and will presumably be put into use at the same time the other new (and not
yet issued) adult fare tokens go into use. However, the Bicentennial token is still
not definite as they may have enough of the regular new brass tokens. But if they
don’t have enough, weMI also have the Bicentennial issue. Let’s hope so.
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= RECORD PRICE AT RAY BYRNE AUCTION =
By Kennetli E. 5m th
J attended the Ray Byrne Auction on June 13^15 in Los Angeles, irhich iras conduc-
ted by Jess Peters* I ims the only AVA rr^iniJyer in attendance i/hen tee record price
was established * I had come to see what prices were bid on West Jndies tokens as I
sometimes acquire then when getting transportation items* Also to meet several coi-
lectors of r/est Indies tokens that I had corresponded with previously* X know Jess
Peters and informed hin about the error listings * I showed him that the to7cen pic-
tured on page 157 of inij book as Norwati 750 A vras the same as pictured as Lot 1073 and
he made announcements as to these discrepancies when the lots were reached, and they
sold with this understanding* Lot 858 was Jamaica 420 A and C* Lot 859, Jamaica 420
D, quickly became a contest betr/een two persons (neither an AVA member) each of v/hon
I knew and each had a different personal reason for wanting tliis token with the word
"Co." on it* Lot 859 was finally sold for $350*00*
Lot 26, the Paradise Island T^ridge tokens of Nassau, Bahaxnas, first used in 1967,
were reported to me several years ago by Don Noe but remained unlisted for the follow-
ing reason: the company only made a limted number of these special usage to7rens and
we have been on the verge several ti7?:es of acquiring them for the foreign Nevr Issues
Service. John Nicolosi has trouble sending out net/ issues previously listed, so we
hold off listing them until we get the tokens* On August IS, 1975, I received a let-
ter that I could buy what v/e needed for the ?Jew Issues Service. In the next couple of
months I shall bring in several packages and send on to Nick* Then in a world supp-
lement 1*11 list them witn usage details and Nick will send out these tokens to parties
in the foreign New Issues Service. This will then decrease the backlog of foreign
listings ire are holding up on, pending the obtaining of a supply for Nick, to just
one to7cen, namely the cruise boat token from Nassau to Paradise Island*
The only other tokens I hold up listing are those reported in The Fare Box and
otner publications where the author does not, or will not, send me pictures or rub-
bings* I hold these up till I get pictures or rubbings, or can inspect the token or
pass itself*
'•mam
= BILL GARRISON HITS THE JACKPOT IN ROCKY MOUNT =
AVA member Bill Garrison of f4orton Grove, IL, has removed one formerly rare tok-
en from the census list, NC 700 A. As he writes:
”A few weeks ago I was in North Carol ina on business. I took a day of vacation
to hunt for tokens and final ly was lucky. In Rocky Mount I found a former owner of
the Rocky Mount Transit System. He gave me about 50 miscellaneous I5tf to 50 € tokens,
plus 17 of NC 700 A! It^s my first $10.00 token, believe it or not!’’
So NC 700 A, listed at $10 in Atwood, is no longer a census token, and Bill has
some very nice traders. He says he will trade or sell the duplicates.
Elsewhere on the ’’New Finds” front, Bill Clapper reports a stranger: A 32 Sd
HURLBURT BENSON & HURL3URT CRESTON, IOWA, (on obverse); ADMIT ONE AIRDOHE GEM COMET
(on reverse). We thought it might be an amusement token. I wrote to Creston, how-
ever, and learned that the token had nothing whatever to do with rides on anything.
Joe Pernicano reports acquiring Pa 526 FA, and also another stranger: WM 26 Sd
’’CAR & CARRIAGE CARAVAN (WHEEL)” on obverse; ’’ADMIT ONE (WHEEL)” on reverse. We have
no idea what this thing was used for.
Yosef Sa'ar writes from Israel: "Recently purchased some strassenbahn (tramway)
tokens from Central and Eastern Europe. Among them was the Kaiserslautern token list-
ed by Smith on Page 143. On the token the word STRASSENBAHN is curved around the top
and the city name curved around the bottom. There is also a small tetter "a" in ex-
ergue under the trolley car. There's a chance this was just an internal control mark,
but more likely it was connected with the minters of the token. Could it be the Ber-
lin mintmark? Readers' comments would be welcome. ^
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= THE 1975 CONVEOTION OF THE AMERICAN VECTURIST ASSOCIATION =
= MinuiJes of the meeting =
The twenty-fifth annual convention of the American Vecturist
Association was called to order at lOtlO A. Me by president Syd Joseph in
the dining room of the Ramada Inn In Los Angeles* California on Saturday
August sixteenth* Susan Cunnlnghaffi was asked to act as secretary in the
absence of Donald Mazeau. ^
The convention was attended by seventy-two members of the Assoclaui
These were { Album* All eji* Atwood* Baker* Barnes* Barnett* Bess* Blngaman
Bolz, Burztnski* Carmichael* Carr* Carter* Cassidy* Coffee, Crockett,
Crusen* Cunningham* Cutler, Duke, Dunn* Elman* Peisel* Fitzgerald* Ford*
Freiberg, Frisbee* Hakes* Harris* Hartzog, Hawthorne* Hinde, Hyde,
Heppner, Irwin* Johnson, Joseph, Kelley* Kubach* Laflln, Less, Levine,
Lipscomb. Lipshie, Manning, Max, Miller. Mills* Murray, Nlcholls,
Nicolost, Pearson, Reznick* Rlsder* Riley* Rlttarband* Roselinsky *
Schenkman, Schwartz* Sena* F* Smith, J* Smith, Kenneth Smith* Kirk Smith
Tanenbaum , Thompson* Whalen, Wlllahan* Williams* Williges Sr** Wllliges
Jr., and Zalka* n>
There were thirty-eight visitors as follows i Mmse. Allen, Barnes,
Carmichael* Cassidy, Cunningham* Dunn* Elman* Hakes* Hyde, Lee .inn
Johnson, Lillian Johnson, Lipscomb, Max, Miller, Murray* Nerrie* Reznick
and two daughters# Riley# Ritterband# Schwartz# C# Smith# E* Smith# N#
Smith* Thompson* Worthington? Messers* Abarca, Alpert* Harris* Hutton,
Johnson* Rachootln, Reynolds, Wohlend* Worthington and Wright. Members
and guests represented the twenty-five States and Provinces as follows i
Alaska, Arizona* Arkansas, California, Colorado* Florida* Illinois,
Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts* Michigan* Minnesota, Montana* Nebraska
Nevada* New Jersey* New York, Ohio* Texas* Utah* Virginia* Washington*
Wisconsin* Nova Scotia and Quebec*
A welcome to all was given by Robert Ritterband, general chairman
of the convention, who also made some announcements about the banquet
and tour.
The minutes of the 1974 convention were unanimously accepted as
printed in the Pare Box. In the absence of secretary Mazeau, his
annual report was read by Ritterband and was accepted by all* The
Treasurer's report was given by Toby Frisbee* Treasurer of AVA* He
reported a balance of 2230*65 in the operating fund as of July 1,
4876.49 in the Life Fund and 298.62 In the Tribute Fund. A question was
raised as to what the Tribute Fund was* Ritterband explained that it
was set up four years ago to enable members to send in money to honor
another member, living or dead. Only the donor and the treasurer know
how much money Is contributed* This money will be used for a special
publication in the future* As incoming president* Reznick announced his
appointment of Ritterband to handle all Tribute Fund operations, instead
of the Treasurer. He is also to prepare frequent Fare Box reports on
the same. The report was accepted by all present.
A suggestion was made by Joel Reznick that the AVA sponsor all
future conventions* All profits and losses would go to AVA rather than
individual sponsoring clubs. The tokens would also be the property of
AVA. This suggestion was accepted by all.
Two committees were appointed* (1) a Resolutions Committee to
consist of Messers, Dunn (chairman), Barnett and Kelley and (2) an
Auditing Committee to consist of Messers. Cunningham* Bolz and Cassidy.
These committees to report during the second portion of the meeting.
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A report of the Pare Box and Catalog Cooinittee was given by John
Coffee and will be printed in the Pare Box. Max Schwartz moved to accept
the reports as given, which the members present did so accept.
Ken Smith reported on his continuing work to compile a Foreign
Bridge and Ferry Token Catalog including U.S. bridge and ferry tokens.
He is also working on a catalog of tokens from St. Paul and Minneapolis.
The AVA has no monetary interests in either catalog.
A report on the Parking Token book was given by Duane Feisel. He
reported that there are at least ^00 pieces made by Meyer & Wenthe that
have not been reported as of yet. A new edition or a supplement will be
issued when necessary. No AVA money has been used to support this catalog.
Feisel also gave a report on his work at Meyer & Wenthe in Chicago.
They invited him to come to Chicago last October. Since then he has made
three trips there, funded by the AVA Catalog Fund. Most of the Information
received has been made available to the Pare Box. Feisel has aquired a
catalog of old reverse die impressions which could be made into a new
catalog. Pictures of some of the impressions will soon be in the Pare Box.
Meyer & Wenthe will keep all dies and hobs used there. Old dies could be
used to make personal tokens with. No record is kept of trade checks but
samples are kept with most token orders which are available to Feisel.
He plana to go back for more information and to photograph die making
proceedures.
President Syd Joseph noted that this was the largest convention ever.
Joel Reznick, National Convention chairman, noted that most conven-
tions are poorly attended, with California the only exception. Future
conventions will be more accessible to everyone. He has divided the U.S.
into a North-South-East-West oval in which all future conventions are to
be held. This way, nobody will have to travel over 2,000 miles to attend
a convention. The 1976 convention will be held in St. Louis, Missouri,
Vv'hich is in the middle of the nation and easily reached by all. He gave ^
the program schedule for the 1976 convention which Included some major
changes from the past conventions. The site of the 1977 convention will
be Carson City, Nevada with Hal Dunn as convention chairman. Proposed
sites for future conventions are as follows i 1978 - Nashville, Tennessee,
1979 - Lincoln, Nebraska, 1980 - Louisville, Kentucky. Feisel recomended
that tables be available for dealers at future conventions.
Further discussion on the topic mentioned having a convention in a
Canadian city and the fact that AVA will never conflict with tha ANA
convention. The reason for the National Convention Committee 1« to
eliminate the need for club sponsorship and enable other cities •© have a
convention. Max Schwartz asked if anyone was preparing a proceedure
manual for convention chairmen and if there would be more than one person
involved in setting up the convention. Reznick stated that there would
always be at least two people involved in preparing for a convention but
no guidelines had been set up yet.
Under old business, three things were mentioned i ( 1 ) the Fare Box
index has been turned over to the Cunninghams to be completed before the
next convention, (2) a special Issue, the Best of the Pare Box, Is to
be published soon, and ( 3 ) token dies now held by Duane Feisel are to be
turned over to the AVA curator, Sid White, at Feisel 's earliest convenience.
New business began with Joel Reznick commenting in the difficulties
of doing business with other members through the mall. Any token sent
should be Insured and he strongly urged that the sender keep the insurance
receipt for several years.
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Max Schwartz suggested that If a member wishes to trade his personal
token with another memberr It Is not necessary to enclose a self-addressed
stamped envelope, but if a member wants another member’s personal token
and does not have one of his own, he should send a SASE.
Duane Felsel mentioned that meeting places are available at his token
Jamborees in the East in the fall and on the West coast in the spring
for any organization interested.
Schwartz brought up the fact that there are some Charter Members who
are not Life Members of the AVA. ' He proposed a motion to award these
members, nine in number, Life Membership. The motion was seconded by
Duane Peisel, During the following discussion it was decided that this
xfould be an honorary membership. The cost to AVA woulb be #5^ per year
from loss of yearly dues. There would be no transfer of money, A
question was raised as to the possibility that some Charter Members would
not want Life Membership if they were not currently members. The, motion
was amended to read all Charter Members who are currently paying dues.
Peisel accepted the amendment and seconded it again. Members accepted
the proposal unaminously. The nine Charter Members who will become Life
Members are as follows i AVA Charter Member #2 Russell Moore, #7 Corinne
M. Black, #9 lone E. Klbbe, #12 Thomas P. Williamson, #16 Waiter Underwood,
#17 Michael Super. #19 Ralph W. Winant, #20 R.K. Frisbee and #26 Charles
W, Houser.
There being no further new business, the meeting was adjourned for
lunch at II 1 A 5 AM until 12 j45 PM,
When the meeting resumed at 12 t $2 PM, we heard reports from the
committees as follows 1 the Resolutions Committee resolved to extend
appreciation to the following people; (1) the Cunninghams for the Personal
Token Catalog, (2) the Butlers for the directory, (3) Robert Ritterband,
Elaine Wlllahan and the CATC membership for the convention, (4) Ken Smith,
Duane Peisel and Ralph Freiburg for continuing catalog efforts, (5) John
Coffee as editor of the Fare Box, ( 6 ) Syd Joseph as president, ( 7 ) Joel
Reznick as vice president, ( 8 ) Toby Frisbee as treasurer, (9) Donald Mazeau
as secretary and (10) Robert Ritterband as past president# It was moved
and seconded to approve the Resolution’s Committee report. Motion carried.
The Auditing Committee stated that all finances were in order. The
report was accepted by all.
With no further business to transact, the meeting was adjourned at
It 00 PM, with the token auction to follow soon.
Respectfully submitted,
Susan Cunningham, acting Secretary
» WHEN IS AN AUTO NOT AN AUTO? »
By Kenneth E. Smith
I saw Ben Odesser's comment in the July 1975 Fare Box, In the March 1968 Sup-
plement to the Catalogue of World Transportation Tokens you will find some considerably
more information on these "auto" (fruit machine) tokens of England. At the last count
there are two groups known to me in England working independently on catalogues of these
tokens, and I gather, each group has catalogued over 5,000 different British fruit mach-
ine tokens.
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A.V.A. CONVENTION (1975) AUCTION RESULTS ( by Kenneth Smith)
The mail only auction (lots 1 to 304) closed August 9th and the mail
and floor auctiondots 305 to 664) took place on August 16th per schedule.
Some collectors did not read the auction instructions carefully and came
prepared to bid also on lots 1 to 304 and others forgot until too late about
bidding on lots 1 to 304. The bidders who bid on almost everything at reserve
or not to far above reserve hoping to big up bargins for trade or resale had
a field day in lots 1 to 304 as many tokens went below present market prices
and they were delighted. Lots 305 to 664 the mail and floor auction showed
that in spite of the recession that token prices are holding up excellantly.
Next month in response to requests, I will supply a detailed breakdown as to
the bidding, the calling, and the WD and NB lots.
LOT ITEM
Alabama
1 75 OB
2 750M
3 75 ON
Alaska
4 45 OH
California
5
2SA
6
105 A
7
45 OG
8
775C
9
lOOON
Georgia
10
69 OA
Indiana
11
90A
Iowa
12
600A
13
730A
Maryland
14
60T
15
60AL
16
60A0
17
60AP
Minnesota
18
2 45 A
19
620B
20
620C
21
82 OH
22
820C
Montana
23
480A
Nevada
24
lOOA
25
lOOB
26
lOOC
New
Jersey
27
30A
28
8S5A
No.
Carolina
29
690C
30
690D
31
690B
32
880A
33
. 880B
AUZED
tor
ITEM
REALIZED
..OT
ITEM
realized
Penna
' t
Australia
1.50
U
150A
1.50
71
480NI
2.60
.75
is
150B
2.75
72
480NQ
2.00
.75
36
630A
1.65
73
480NV
2.00
37
630B
1 ,65
74
4800A
1.50
1.25
38
99 7A
1.05
75
4800P
1.50
39
997P
1.05
76
480OK
1.30
4.10
40
9971
1.05
77
48 OOP
1.30
4.20
41
997J
1.05
78
4800U
1.30
1.30
42
997N
1.05
79
480PD
1.30
7.80
Rhode Is.
80
480PN,
1.30
W D
43
5201C
16.00
81
480PI
1.40
Tenn.
82
4 8 OPS
1.30
.80
44
430A
5.00
83
480PX
1.30
T^xas
84
480QC
1.30
1.40
4S
25 5P
1.05
85
480QJ
1.30
Virginia
86
480QP
1.30
.75
46
2 OK
N B
87
480QU
1.30
.75
Washington
88
480RA
1.30
47
72 OA
1.00
89
480RF
1.30
N B
48
880A
1.00
90
4S0RK
1.30
1.50
Wisconsin
91
480RP
1.30
6.00
49
170B
1.50
92
480RU
1.30
6.00
50
170C
1.50
93
480SA
1.30
51
170D
1.50
94
480SF
1.30
.55
Phill iplnes
95
720A
20.00
3.00
52
700G
N B
96
720BN
10.00
3.00
53
700H
N B
97
720B0
10.00
.75
54
7001
N B
98
720BP
10.00
.75
Australia
99
720BQ
10.00
55
480EA
4.00
100
720 DP
10.00
.75
56
480BJ
4.00
101
720DS
10.00
57
480PQ
4.00
.ENGLAND
1 .25
58
480PU
4.00
102
240PB
5.00
1 .25
59
480GX
4.00
103
240PC,
5.00
1 . 05
60
480GU
4.50
104
2 4 OPE
5.00
61
480HB
4.00
105
240PF
5.00
.50
63
4 8 CKO
3.25
106
240PG
5.00
. 50
63
480K:M
3.25
107
240PH
5.00
64
4 8 OLA
3.10
108
240PI
5.00
1 . 50
65
480LJ
3.10
109
240PJ
5.00
1 . 50
66
4 SOLS
3.05
no
240PL
5.00
1.50
67
480MA
3.05
111
240PM
5.00
1 . 40
68
480MI
3.05
112
5 6 OP A
3.60
2 . 80
69
480MR
3.05
ALASKA
70
480NA
2.60
113
190A
8.35
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.A. CONVENTION (1975)
MAIL
BID AUCTION ( page 2)
LOT
ITEM
realized
LOT ITEM REALIZED
LOT
ITEM
REALIZED
Arkansas
2 .10
Denmark
' England
114
145
lAOC
.as
187
48BF
.40
Colorado
1 25
France
188
48B6
.40
115
1401
146
.60
189
48BH
.40
Conn.
1.55
Germany
190
50BT
.30
116
30A
147
iOOD
1.00
191
50BU
.35
Georgia
148
60A
l.;2S
192
90AH
.30
117
240C
149
6 OB
1.25
193
9 OAR
.25
Illinois
150
230A
.80
194
90AS
.30
118
25 OK
.70
151
230B
.80
195
135AY
1.05
119
25 OL
.90
152
12a>A
1.10
196
135AZ
1.05
120
25 OM
1 . 30
153
300A
1.20
197
135BA
.40
121
25 ON
1.60
I 154
480B
.90
198
135BB
1.75
Indiana
155
680A
1.15
199
135BC
.35
122
930G
1.00
156
670A
1.00
200
135BD
.40
Michigan
'
157
390P
.80
201
laSBE
. 40
123
751
N B
158
390Q
1.00
202
135BF
.40
Nebraska
Hungary
203
135BG
.40
124
3 OSD
1.10
159
lOOB
1.00
204
135BH
.40
N.H.
Iran
205
135BI
.40
125
700A
1.25
160
750J
.60
206
135BJ
.40
N.M.
New Zealand
207
135BK
.40
126
40C
.75
161
240A
.50
208
135BL
1.75
N.y.
Northern Ireland
209
135BM
.75
127
631P
2.05
162
1600Q
W D
210
i59ZA
.65
128
631L
N B
Scotland
211
170AB
.70
129
875D
2.10
163
42 OK
4.80
212
170CA
.35
No. Carolina
164
420L
4.80
213
170CB
.30
130'
630A
N B
Sweden
214
170CC
.30
N.D,
165
220BP
.40
215
170CD
.30
131
60D
1.00
166
220BG
.40
216
230BE
.25
132
320B
N B
167
220BH
.40
217
230BP
.25
Ohio
*
168
220BI
.35
218
23 SAL
.55
133
175AA
.50
Turkey
219
235AK
.35
Penna .
169
400RA
N B
220
2401
.70
134
125B
1 . 80
South
Af rica
221
240J
.65
135
950G
1.60
170
160C
.60
222
240K
1.25
S.C.
171
160D
.60
223
240$
.50
136
500A
1.51
172
16 OE
.60
224
240U
1.05
Va.
173
160AB
.60
225
240V
1.05
137
190A
1.15
174
160AC
.60
226
242AA
.60
CANADA
175
160AL
.60
227
315AA
.50
British Columbia
176
160AH
.60
228
315AB
.50
138
45 OB
2.20
177
160BK
.60
229
31 SAC
. 50
Austria
178
160BL
.60
230
315AD
. 30
139
840A
.60
179
160BM
.60
231
350AG
.40
Australia
180
16 OCA
.70
232
350AH
.40
140
480XB
.60
Wales
233
350AL
1.00
141
480XC
.60
181
30AA
.85
234
350AM
1.00
142
720XB
.50
182
30AB
.40
235
350AN
1 . 00
Brazil
183
30AC
. 80
236
350AO
1.00
143
700A
.75
184
30AD
1.00
237
405DH
.85
Czechoslovakia
185
30AL
.40
238
445HA(a) N B
144
600A
1.00
186
30AM
.40
239
445HA(b) N B
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^ A. V. A. CONVENTION (
LOT ITEM REALIZED
BNGLAN0
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
%8
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
452AP
452AG
510AA
510AB
510AC
510AD
510AE
530AA
530AB
530AC -
530AD
545AT
545AV
560BC
560BR
560BS
590BL
590BM
685M -
685CQ
685CR
685DD
6850E
685DM
685HA
705AB=
705BA
715AW
71 SAX
800BI
800CP
800CG
80OBM
812AA
812A8
865AL
86 SAP
875AK
.30
.35
.30
.30
.30
,30
.30
.90
.90
» 1.00
^ 1.00
.25
.30
.30
.30
.30'
.30.
.35
.-1.05
.30
.35
.35
.35
.35
3.20
— 2.30
.35
.40
.35
.35
.75
■ .75
^ .35
.45
.45
.40
.30
.65
Parking Tokens
California
278 3450AA
279 3450AD
280 3450Afi
Illinois
31 SOB
28 1
Iowa
282
Md.
283
N.C.
284
3300E
1.00
1.00
1.00
N B
N B
3520A(a) N B
1975)
LOT ITEM
VS Time Tabl
287 P
US Mfg Samp
288 5N
289 5 o
290 5P
291 5Q
292 5R
293 llA
MISC
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
Alabama
305 5601
306 560M
3 07 560P
408 56 OS
Alaska
309 300H
Arkansas
310 ,105C
311 285A
312 2856
313 360A
314 360C
315 435P
California
316 lOOA
317 205A
318 395C
319 395D
320 395E
321 435B
322 435B
323 535A
324 535B
325 535C
326 535D
327 545B
328 575P
329 575G
330 745L
3630A
Wisconsin
285 3510N
286 3930A
N B
N B
N B
331
332
333
334
775H
815C
815E
9451
AUfillOH^
REALIZE!
2.50
1.00
1.20
1.50
1.55
1.55
.60
1.10
1.00
2. 00
3.50
1.00
1.00
1.05
2.00
2,00
2.00
2.00
5.10
N B
N B
N B
1.55
1.20
3.25
2.00
W D
W D
20.60
12.75
2.15
5.00
5.00
4.00
1.00
1.00
13.25
12.75
11.25
12.25
2.00
3.00
2.75
4.35
1.25
4.00
1.07
2.10
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jpise 3>
iOT ITEM REALIZED
/Colorado
335 140C 3*75
336 260C 1-75
337 260N 2.65
338 260Q 6.10
339 280A 32.50
340 340A 1-40
,341 440D 1.70
342 440F 1*85
343 460A 3.00
344 540D '2 *55
345 600A 2.25
346 600A, 2.75
347 620A 1.50
348 86 OC 5.20
349 860D 5.00
350 860E N B
Connecticut
351 290G 2.00
352 345A N B
353 525A 7.00
Florida
354 130A 24.60
Georgia
355 SOB 1*75
Hawaii
356 240B 2.25
357 330B 3.50
Idaho
358 lOOM 1.65
359 lOOo 1.75
360 440B 2.25
361 440D 1^75
362 440J 2.10
Illinois
363 IOC 1*80
364 lOOA 16.60
365 130B 3.05
366 130D N B
367 130D .85
368 150AB 1.05
369 150AP 1.10
370 210D 1.60
371 370C 3.20
372 430A 2.65
373 455E 1-15
374 495G *50
375 SOSA 2.05
376 505B 2.65
377 530A I.IO
378 530C 1.50
379 600D 2.55
380 720B 1.15
381 760A 4.10
382 770A 2.10
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A, CONVENTION (
1975)
AUCTION (
page
4)
LOT
I IBM
REALIZED
LOT
ITEM
REALIZED lot
ITEM
REALIZED
Illinois
Kentucky
Minnesota
383
795B
14.25
433
480E
1.40
482
760C
11.25
364
795D
N B
434
480J
1.45
483
760H
2.75
385
795B
12.00
433
480S
W D
Mississippi
386
795P
15.60
436
510AB
13.80
484 ,
320D
5.75
387
795G
23.75
437
, 510AH
3.15
485
900B
7.00
388
998B
3.825
438
510AK
1.00
Missouri
389
lOOOA
1.50
439
510AV
N B
486
370D
1.29
390
lOOOB
1.50
440
510BK
N B
487
42 OB
4.75
391
lOOOC
1,50
441
510BN
N B
488
440B
1.25
Indiana
442
510BO
2.60
489
440Q
4.50
392
180A
9.25
443
510BP
3.40
490
440T
3.00
393
460H
10.00
444
560E
1.85
491
910R
1.2'5
394
46 Oo
20.50
445
710B
1.40
492
950A
1.30
395
460X
2.05
Louisiana
493
997A
4.25
396
610C
5.15
446
30A
7.60
494'
997B
3.76
397
6600
1.15
447
30B
3.50
495
99 7C
4.00
398
890A
2.30
448
300
2,40
496
997D
4.00
399
890B
2.75
449
810P
8.05
497
997E
4.00
400
890C
1.85
Maine
498
997P
4.25
401
930G
1.45
450
40A
2.10
Montana
1
402
980B
12.75
451
740A
5.35
499
80C
4.25
403
980D
3.55
Massachusetts
500
480C
3.15
Iowa
452
115K
3.25
Nebraska
404
30A(a)
5.10
453
115Z
2.75
501
4406
6.00
405
30D
1.10
454
115AA
2.35
502
580A
2.00
406
150P
2.^
455
li5AC
1.70
503
700W
1.30
407
230B
■ 12.00
456
il5AC
2.85
504
800A
4.50
408
300D
2.90
457
115AD
1.60
N.H.
409
300G
6.25
458
115AD
2.80
505
30A
11.25
410
850K
1.40
459
115A6
2.85
506
e4oj
1.60
411
850P
2.55
460
21 OB
1.95
N.J.
412
910A
3.65
461
505B
16.25
507
115B
7.50
413
93 OC
3.00
462
550A
.50
508
555B
8.25
414
930D
6.30
463
550D
4.25
N.M.
Kansas
464
740A
.50
509
430C
3.30
415
40B
3.55
465
960B
.35
510
900A
00
•
416
40C(a)
3.10
Michigan
New York
417
40C(b)
6.10
466
36 OA
1.10
511
25B
5.25
418
40E
5.50
467
36 OC
1.55
512
235B
2.55
419
150B
2.00
468
375C
1,55
513
360D
1.05
420
150C
1.75
469
525D
1.65
514
410A
5.00
423
45 OE
1.15
470
5251
2.00
515
615P
1.10
422
600C
3.75
471
525J
1.00
516
628C
N B
423
800A
2.10
472
530. H
1.45
517
6291
1.70
424
82 OE
NB
473
5391
2.20
518
629J
1.70
425
980A
1.85
474
56 OJ
1.35
519
629K
1.90
426
980B
N B
475
635B
6.65
520
630U
2.60 ‘
Kentucky
476
775A
5.00
521
630W
1.15
427
lOJ
1.05
477
845M
1.75
522
630Z
1.15
428
45B
3.05
Minnesota
523
630AA
1.20
429
45C
2.05
478
30C
1.85
524
630AB
1*15
430
45C
1.70
479
290A
37,00
525
630AC
1.15
431
25 OB
1.40
480
S2QA
1.45
526
6 3 OAR
5.75
432
2S0C
N B
481
S40AA
1.25
'27
631C
1.60
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A.V.
A, CONVENTION (1975) FLOOR AND
MAIL BID AUCTION ( page
5)
LOT
ITEM REALIZED
LOT
ITEM
REALIZED
LOT ITEM
REALIZED
N.H.
Oregon
Texas ^
528
640C
2.75
577
880C
1.60
627 565A
3.00
529
640H
1.60
578
970C
1.05
628 640C
2.60
Kew
York
Penna.
629 750A
2.50
531
6315
1.75
579
15D
20.50
630 760A
1.10
532
695A
8.00
580
15L
1.80
Utah — -
—
533
735A
3.00
581
15N
1.80
631 650A
2.80
534
735B
4.00
582
195L
1.60
Vermont
535
785C
1.25
583
26SA
1.30
632 50A
2.80
536
785D
2.75
584
32 OA
6.00
633 595A
4.00
No.Carolir
585
445C
14.10
634 595B
3.60
537
20A
1.60
586
49 5G
3.00
Virginia —
-
538
3^0D
1,00
587
49 5H
6.00
635 20C
2.75
539
5 45 A
1.80
588
4956,
H 7.25
636 600C
2.00
540
980E
2.20
589
515B
4.55
637 620A
9.50
N.D.
590
515B
4.00
638 620B
9.50
541
320G
2.05
591
555A
1.35
Washington .
Ohio
592
595B
2.10
639 lOA
6.00
542
lOA
6,00
593
65 OB
1.90
640 40K
2.60
543
lOB
1.10
594
675D
N B
641 300F
2.50
544
95A
4.10
595
75 OZ
N B
642 600C
2.00
545
125D
.50
596
750AE
t 1.80
643 755A
13.25
546
i25F
3.60
597
77 OC
2.70
644 96 OE
2.60
547
165S
1.10
598
93 OA
N B
645 970A
1.40
548
165U
1.00
599
950A
l.§05
W. Va. —
549
1752
1.60
600
95 OD
2.50
646 200A
1.10
550
230M
1.30
601
985C
6.50
647 29 OH
4.50
551
230R
1.55
602
985E
N B
648 830F
2.50
552
230U
1.35
S.C.
Wisconsin - — —
553
230V
8.75
603
240C
■2.75
649 220A
2.60
55 4
440A
1.80
604
45 OA
3.10
650 220B
2.10
555
475D(43)
7.00
605
45 OB
3.20
651 510M
2.50
556
475D(51)
6 . 25.
606
450C
3.90
652 920A
2.00
557
505A
1.10
607
45 OE
3.25
Wash. D.C.
558
520E
1.70
608
500A
2,75
653 500D
2.25
559
745B
5.25
609
500C
2.50
654 500G
5 .00
560
745C
6.60
Tenn
.
Canada
561
745D
2.20
610
75P
1.50
N.S.
562
745E
3.25
611
75G
2.50
655 lOOL
i.2o
563
75 OA
3.50
612
75t
1.40
656 200A
10.50
564
915A
2.70
613
3458
4.25
657 Ontario .
565
915B
§2.60
614
375A
14.00
657 325A
5.00
566
915C
3.25
615
375B
13.00
658 325C
5.50
Okla*
616
375C
9.75
659 825A
8.50
567
330B
2.20
617
375D
9.00
Quebec
568
590B
2.10
618
400A
4.50
660 345D
3.25
569
610B ;
4.50
619
415A
1.80
Maryland —
570
640G
l\/S
620
41 5D
1.20
661 601
6.00
571
86 OL
2,50
621
43 OB
10.40
662 60AC
1.25
Oregon
622
600E
3.75
Parking
572
20D
3.10
623
600o
2.60
Illinois
573
20£
2.50
Texas
663 3150AY
2.10
574
160B
1.20
624
5A
3.25
664 3150CJ
31.60
575
160C
1.80
625
145A
1.50
END OF AUCTION
576
800C
2.30
626
255M
2.50
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= TFIE TRIBUTE FUND =
-?ag(L 121-
During the Los Angeles Convention, Joel Reznick appointed Past President Robert
Ritterband as chairman of the AVA Tribute Fund, with a request for increased future
activity in the program. A number of attending members seemed unaware of how tSie
fund ’works, so an explanation seems in order.
The Tribute Fund v;as established at the 1971 Convention in Seattle, by a contrib-
ution to honor Life Member I'fl, Roland C, Atwood. Many other contributions have come
in since, with the balance now totalling just under $300. In this plan, AVA members
ivho wish to honor another member, living or deceased, can make a small cash donation
to the special account. This can be in addition to your sending of greeting cards or
possibly sumpatiiy letters, and can be made at any tine in any anount.
Your remembrance should be sent directly to the neiv chairman, v/ho forvvards it to
the Treasurer for banking. Only these two persons will ever knov/ the actual amounts
of tlie donations, vifith every amount being considered u'orthwliile , The cliairman acknov;-
ledges each contribution promptly, with a printed folder mailed to your honoree or his
family in case of deatli. Occasionally a list of donors and honorees will be shown in
The Fare Box, but always v;ithout any dollar details.
Not a cent of these funds ever goes to any individual, nor are any expenses ever
deducted for operating the plan. Instead the accumulated fund will one day be dis-
bursed by order of the Executive Board, on some AVA educational endeavor still to be
selected. Thus your honoree's name v/ill long be perpetuated.
Because the latest convention resulted in a modest amount of income over expenses
it is understood that the C.A.T.C. hosts plan a Tribute Fund contribution soon. Please
remember to make your ovm small contributions as various occasions arise. Your gener-
osity will assure warm feelings for everyone concerned.
Robert M. Ritterband - 6576 Colgate Avenue - Los Angeles, CA S0048
*****
= MY TmUGHTS ON THE 1975 CONVENTION =
By Bob Kef ley
After returning home from the recent convention in Los Angeles, which I enjoyed
very much as usual, I thought I would write a few lines about it.
The tour and token of the Queen Mary was great. The auction, as usual, is one
of the highlights. Our business meeting really moved. The banquet and movie were
well attended. The Friday bourse was very active. What more needs to be said?
For us col lectors who aren’t near any token clubs, it gives us a chance to go
through a lot of tokens to buy, sell, and trade. Of course we have to have our noses
in boxes, plastic pages and lists most of the time. And this is very time-consuming,
so we don’t get as much time to get around and social ize as much as we would I ike to.
Now maybe with Joel’s idea of the banquet and boat ride next year, we may be able
to get to meet a lot more collectors than usual.
As for myself this past convention saw me buying more tokens that 1 usually do,
and I'm sorry I never got a chance to meet as many collectors as usual. Three days
Just does not seem enough time as we would like, as I am sure there were still plenty
of bargains in tokens I missed. And from what I heard, a lot of good tokens changed
hands on the preceding Thursday night as wel I I I did add a couple dozen tokens to the
collection, and picked up five along the way (no census), so with all this still fresh
in mind I do plan on being at next year’s convention at St. Louis, and hope to meet
all of you there.
*****
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avid "got puzitij iMzlt battcAed up," Hz ^ hoy;iz not-j, but ^tiM umblz to do mck. Hli
mtZ ha-6 pttzd up, kz 6ay6, but hz pAomt6Z6 to an6WzA 06 6oon o6 kz -16 abtz to do - 60 .
Hz a^k6 h-c6 zoM.z6pondznt6 to kavz \xittznzz and bzoA vj-itii Ivdiu OJz aJUt M-i6k a -6pzzdy
fLZzoozAy to BAothza Za-Uui, i/jho -c6 onz OjJ ouA ^AizndZtz6t zon6t-Ltuznt6 .
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^ SEPTEHSER NEif ISSUES REPORT =
3q John G. IJicolosi
I'nt just had: from an enjoyable convention at Los Angeles, It \7as nice to meet
so many of my mail correspondents, as irell as others I had already knotm. How back to
mailing out tokens, most of i/hlch had not keen received previously and which could not
be sent till not/.
The first sending. This was the Convention token, a beautiful item, and our
thamis to Bob Ritterband and his cofnmittee for these. All of you should have received
them by now, providing your account could pay for it.
The 2nd sending. This consists of UY 35 I J K; Ohio 770 A 3/ RI 700 K, This has
also gone out and if your account could cover them you should have these by now. Our
sincere thanks, again, to Tom Uilliamson for his time and patience in going through
hundreds of tokens to pick out the best ones for us, lie' re lucky to get nice ones;
you can imagine what this light plating will look like after a few months' of use.
And our gratitude to Mr. Turgeon for supplying the Providence token.
The 3rd sending. These were the foreign tokens listed in the September Fare Box,
again providing you had enough in your balance to cover them, and our usual thanks to
Ken Smith for getting these for us.
The 4th sending. This is in the process of being sent out, and probably you will
also have received it by now. So, if your account had enough to cover their cost,
the following tokens are in the 4th sending: Cal 450 H; Minn 30 A; HY 695 F G H; 111
551 A. Thanks to Tex Barnett for getting the Babbitt, MH, token for us. The Als'
Bus Line tokens have been in use over 14 years, so the condition is not pristine, but
be grateful we got them at all after so long a time. Mote that this sending includes
Cal 450 N, the Los Angeles Airport token. Mhen this was discovered they sold at 25^
but they're nor/ a 30f fare. After several tries, Ken Smith was able to get us a sup-
ply. On the HY 695 G token, we only could get 100 of them so only Regular HIS members
will get it for now, but we expect to get another 50 and these will be sent to our As-
sociate mem-jers in due time,
Uelcome this month to C.O. Evanson to Regular membership, and to Ton Matola to
Associate standing .
*****
= THE TOKEN THAT ALMOST GOT AWAY =
As part of my first year internship for my Master’s Degree in Social Work, I was
assigned to the Department of Patient and Family Counseling at Little Company of Mary
Hospital in Evergreen Park, IL. Before I even set foot on the grounds I looked in
Duane’s book to see if the hospital had ever issued a token. I found no listing, but
I still had hope that there might be a token. During my first week I checked all the
parking lots, or so I thought, and found that they all took cards instead of tokens.
Well, I tried.
Then in May 1 was talking to one of my clients when she related a story of her
daughter's being rushed to the emergency room. "I was so nervous, it’s a good thing
for that token." "Token?" I inquired. It turned out that the security guard station-
ed in the emergency room provides a token to people coming into the emergency room, to
gain access into a small parking tot in the rear of the hospital. From the information
I gathered, the tokens are rationed to the guards since so many have been "lost." I
was only able to acquire two of them. The token is brass, 23mm, inscribed on obverse;
LITTLE COMPANY / OF / MARY / HOSPITAL / EVERGREEN PARK, ILL. - and on reverse:
COURTESY / PARKING
Editor's Note: The above interesting article ms sent in bij a member lyith a cov-
ering letter, but the writer neglected to put his name directly on the sheet with tl'ie
story. I put the story in my tray for use in the Septerrber issue, but as there's no
name on it I can 't give credit to the writer. Nill do so as soon as the author lets
me know. This points up tl'ie importance of always putting your name on everiithing you
send in for publication. Sometimes I can remember, hut often there's so much I just
can't — especially this month,
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= SUPPLEMENT #8 TO FEISEL’S CATALOGUE OF PARKING TOKENS =
by Duane H« Feisel
ARKANSAS
Little ^ock 3480 {Reported by T, H. Robinson)
ARKANSAS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER (GATE)
B Bz 25 Sd Parcoa Token (gate) (rev. E) [1967- ] $0,25
ILLINOIS
Chicago 3150
CQ
WM
29
Sd
Hines
3416
B
Bz
25
Sd
KANSAS
OTathe
3730
A
B
22
Sd
(Reported by Gerald Johnson)
COMMONWEALTH HOTEL PARKING TOKEN CHICAGO, ILL,
Deposit In Machine One To Enter One To
Exit .25
(Reported by ^irerome Archer)
VOLUNTARY SERVICE V.A, HINES, ILL. (GATE)
Parcoa Token (gate) (rev, G) i25*
(Reported by Jim Wright)
NOT REDEEMABLE IN CASH 1973 CITY OF OLATHE,
KANSAS (BUILDING)
Downtown Retail Merchants Assn, Parking Tojcen
Good Only In Designated Meters [1973— ] ,15
LOUISIANA
Shreveport 3810 (Reported by Gordon Wold)
DR. T. E. STRAIN, SR. SHREVEPORT, LA,
C B 22 Sd (same as obverse) ,25*
MASSACHUSETTS
Gardner '§ee MSPT Group 3073
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor 3035 (Reported by DHF via M&W)
COOLMAN PARKING CO. ANN ARBOR, MICH. (GATE)
A a WM 25 Sd Parcoa Token (gate) (rev, E) ,50
^SSOURI
St, Louis 3910 (Reported by DHF)
ST, MARY'S HOSPITAL (GATE)
Q Bz 25 Sd Parcoa Token (gate) (rev, E) ,25
NORTH CAROLINA
Hender sonvi 1 le 3430 (Reported by DHF via M&W)
B B
25
Sd
MARGARET R, PARDEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Hendersonville, N.C.
,25
OHIO
Akron
3010
(Reported by William Carr)
A Bz
25
Sd
AKRON GENERAL HOSPITAL (GATE)
Parcoa Token (gate) (rev, C, H)
.25*
Ashtabula
3030 (Reported by Carr)
B WM
25
Sd
THE PEOPLES SAVINGS & LOAN COMPANY
(blank)
,50
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OKLmom
Stillwater 3810 (Reported by W. G. Garrison)
GOLDEN CIRCLE VALIDATED PARKING STILLWATER
OKLAHOMA (BLACK PRINTED LETTERS ON GOLD COLORED
SURFACE)
A A 16 Ch (blank) $0,15
PENNSYLVJvNIA
Lansdale 3T40 (Reported by Richard A. Moore)
BOROUGH OP LANSDALE (BLANK CENTER)
A B 22 Sd Parking 5t Token
BOROUGH OF LANSDALE (PROPELLER)
B B 2 3 Sd Parking 5<: Token
Manheim 3593 (Reported by Garrison)
MANHEIM MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION PARK FREE
A B 22 Sd (rose)
New Holland 3700 (Reported by Garrison)
BOROUGH OP NEW HOLLAND, PA.
A B 22 Sd Parking Token
Sharon 3850 (Reported by Ralph Freiberg)
FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSN.
B B 23 Sd East State St, Sharon
UTM
$aT€ Lake City 3750 (Reported by John G, Nicolosi)
1971 GRANT AUTO PARKS INC,
D Pr 24 Sd 2 Hrs, Parking Shop Downtown SLC
WEST VIRGINIA
Weston 3860 (Reported by Richard P, Parker)
CITY OF WESTON, W. VA, PARKING TOKEN
A B 23 Sd Good Only In Parking Meters
Weirton 3830 (Reported by Charles McKee)
(OBVERSE AS A)
B B 23 Sd Good In All Parking Meters
WISCONSIN
Milwavikee 3510 (Reported by Robert Knob loch)
THE AS TOR
AZ B 23 Sd The Nantucket
THE / ASTOR
BA B 23 Sd (same as obverse)
[CHANGE LISTING OF 3510 A TO t THE ASTOR / J
MSPT
Group 3052 (Reported by Carr)
PARCOA TOKEN (GATE) (REV, G)
C Bz 25 Sd (blank)
Group 3054 (Reported by John L, Knabenschuh)
(OBVERSE AS C)
E Bz 25 Sd (REVERSE AS C)
.15
.15
.15
.25
1,00
.15
.15
.25
.25
.25
.25
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MSPT (CONTINUED)
<3roup 367’5 TReported by DHF via M&W)
SIMPLEX TIME RECORDER CO*
A B 22 Sd Gardner Massachusetts (logo)
B B 25 Sd " " ( " )
ADDITIONS Sc CORRECTIONS
K's 5T5’6"a1 — on obverse, add word NATIONAL after HUTCHINSON
= PARKING TOKEN NOTES BY DUANE H, FEISEL =
The main function of my report for this issue is to clean up a
number of older reports as well as to list some very recent listings
to me« TO save time and space, for those many issues where I have
written, sent money for tokens, and have had no reply, I will not
meJce any comment in these notes. Thus, if no comment is made, you
can take your chances if you are inclined to try to obtain any of
the tokens by writing.
For Olathe, Kansas, it took a long, long time, but I finally did
receive a few tokens from the letter and money I had sent to the
Chamber of Commerce, There was no information on token use.
From Dr, Strain in Shreveport, all I can get back for the money
I sent are stock tokens, I can only assume that the specially
imprinted tokens have all disappeared,
Coolman Parking Co* is a firm which supplies equipment to the
parking industry, installs equipment, services it, etc* I was
unable to obtain any of the tokens, but Coolman did indicate that
they had used tokens since 1944! I have not been able to obtain
any specifics on that*
In addition to sending me listing information for the Stillwater,
Oklahoma, token, Mr* Garrison was able to purchase a supply of
the tokens for PTNIS which I now have*
For a long time now Dick Moore has been trying to make arrangements
to obtain a supply of the Lansdale tokens, but so far no lupk,
I did obtain a few pieces by writing to the Treasurer in Lansdale,
but I was refused a supply for PTNIS subscribers,
Mr, Garrison was also able to purchase a supply of the New Holland,
Pa,, tokens for distribution through PTNIS.
In Weirton^ W, Va, (I see that listing should have been ahead of
Weston!) , I did receive a reply to my inquiry all right, but the
tokens I received were all A's.
In Weston, the replies I have had are that they do not use tokens
there. Inquiries were sent to the Chamber of Commerce and to the
City Treasurer,
And that takes care of things for this time. Next report I hope to
be able to list tokens for which I have more information!
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= SEPTEMBER SUPPLEi'ffiNT TO ATWOOD'S CATALOGUE =
By Ralph Freiberg
-SqstembeA 1975-
CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles 450 (Reported by 1975 Convention Conirnittee)
25th ANNUAL CONVENTION LOS ANGELES AUGUST 1975 (AVA SEAL)
Q o Bz 32 Sd Good For One Round Trip Bus Ride to the Queen Mary
Anchored in the Port of Long Beach, California (ship) $2.50
ILLINOIS
Maywood 551 (Reported by Philip Mandel)
VILLAGE OF MATOOOD 1869 TRY - CARE (EMBLEM)
A o IM 23 Sd Official Bicentennial Bus Token Save Energy Shop Local
(* 6/25/75) .25
MINNESOTA
Babbitt 30 (Reported by M&W and Tex Barnett)
ALS' BUS LINE BABBITT, MINN. (BUS, type 3)
A Bz 23 Bar Good For One Fare (bus) (* 1961) .60
NEW YORK
Auburn 35 (Reported by Al Craig & Torn Williamson)
I v#! 16 S (same as NY 875 E, but electroplated blue) (* 9/16/74) .25
J WM 16 Sd " " NY 875 F, " " " " .25
K WM 16 S-SC " " NY 875 H, " " " " .25
[Centro of New York took over Auburn Transit in April, 1973, and later
placed the former tokens of Syracuse into use and electroplated then
blue. This Centro operates in several cities and decided for uniformity
to color the Auburn tokens blue.]
Osv’ego 695 (Reported by Al Craig & Tom tJilliamson)
F WM 16 S (same as NY 075 E, but electroplated pink) (* 9/16/74) .25
G WM 16 Sd " " NY 375 F, " " " ” .25
H m 16 S>sc " " NY S75 H, " " " " .25
[In Septerober, 1974, Centro — for reasons of uniformity— placed pink-
colored tokens into use in Osv/ego to distinguish them from those in
Auburn and Syracuse.]
OHIO
St. Bernard 700 (Reported by Jack Smith & Hei/ Issues Service)
THE CITY OF ST. BERNARD, OHIO DIAL-A-RIDE SYSTEM
A B 25 Sd (same as obverse) (* 9/3/74) [senior citizen token] .20
B 25 3d " " [adult token] .20
RHODE ISLAND
Providence 700 (Reported by Hector Turgeon)
R. I.P.T.A. (ROADRUNNER)
K B 16 Sd R.I.P.T.A. (roadrunner) (Pilgrim Hat mintmark) (* 7/1/75) .20
[Senior Citizen token]
WISCONSIN
Sparta 840 (Reported by t^illiam White & Gary Ascher)
S. D. EDWARDS BUS LINE SPARTA, WIS.
C o A Oc Sd Good For One Ride (24mrn) ["BUS LINE" is curved on obverse] 7.50
[On 340 B, "BUS LINE" is straight]
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Our list begins with the AVA Convention Tour tolcen, one of the nost attractive
we have had. Of these 500 were struck on bronze, plus one-- and only one~in double
thick sterling silver for the Fare Box Literary Av/ard,
The Maywood, IL, token was placed into use June 25, 1975. At tliis time we don't
have any idea of the significance of the village emblem on the token, but I was told
there v/as also a large medical center in this village, and that the tokens are used
on the Village Mini Bus which started June 25, 1975.
We learned about the Babbitt, MN, token from the Meyer & iJenthe records and put
Tex Barnett to v/ork on it. The records show that 2,000 of these tokens were struck in
1961 and so we imagine they went into use shortly after that. The line is still oper^
ating and makes 4 trips a day to the Consolidated Mining Company, 7 days a week. The
round trip fare is 60<r and I don't knov/ if any tokens could be obtained for a one-way
fare only. were lucky that the line was still running. In spite of its having
been in business 14 years, none of these tokens had ever shown up any\7here else. So
this is one vie might never have known about except for the Meyer & Wenthe records.
We have more of those plated tokens for New York State. Centro had taken over
lines in Auburn, and so to differentiate from the tokens used by Centro in other
cities the tokens v;ere colored blue for use in Auburn. A school token had first been
used, which had been electroplated blue in Oswego, but when the school fare was re-
duced in Oswego it i7as replaced by a pink token, and subsequently all tokens used in
Oswego are those colored pink, and those used in Auburn are colored blue. The adult
fare is 35^ in Syracuse, but only 25<: in Auburn and Oswego. I could take a whole page
trying to explain all thiS/ but please just go along v;ith the fact that tokens were
electroplated blue for Auburn, and pink for Osv;ego. It took me a couple hours to fig-
ure all of this out, and had Tom Williamson confused for a while, but once you under-
stand it, it is simple. Tom Williamson got these tokens for us, but he may not have
obtained enough for everyone, in one instance. We'll know for sure later on.
The fare in Nev/ York City is up to 50<?, but John Coffee, \/ho v^as in NYC on August
31, learned they are not going to bring out their nev/ 20min tokens. They're continuing
with the 23mm ones at the increased fare. However, an article in COIN WORLD says a
number of nev/ types will be used on bridges there. That we shall see in due time.
We mentioned last month that Jack vSmitli found some tokens in Cincinnati, among
which was tlie brass Dial-a-ride token we are listing. In v/riting for these, John Nic-
olosi learned that there was also a white metal for adults, as ivell. St. Bernard is a
community of one square mile, and nost of the service there is by Oueen City Metro of
Cincinnati. Bob Kelley reports that the new tokens v;ent into use September 3, 1974.
Hector Turgeon reported the new senior citizen token of Providence, which he was
able to supply for our New Issues Service. Tokens are only good between the hours of
10 a.n. and 3 p.ra. v;ith no transfer charge. Usually when we get a supply of senior
tokens for our N.I.S. we have to pay the regular fare rate, but in this case Mr. Tur-
geon was able to get them for us at the senior citizen rate!
The Sparta token was reported some time back by vUlliam h^hite, but we held up the
listing till we had an actual rubbing. Gary Ascher sent us a rubbing. There is a
photo of the token on page 606 of Atwood, and you vrill note that ^'Bus Line” appears as
a straight line in tlie pictured token. The new token has it on a curved line, and in
keeping with our usual practice in such cases, give it a new listing. But please
note that in such cases we must have a pencil rubbing of a token before we'll list it.
Everything in this month's Supplement, except the Sparta, WI, token of course,
will be sent out by the New Issues Service. Before you get the October issue you may
have received three different "sendings” if you are in the Nev7 Issues Service. In-
cluded may be Calif 450 N, listed in June 1974, which Ken Smith obtained for us.
Everything seems to be coming out at once. These sendings will easily exhaust the de-
posits of those who have less than $5 in their new issue accounts, but please make
sure your balance is in tlie red, as Nicolosi needs a lot of capital to purchase quant-
ities of all the new tokens coming out.
We have several more tokens coming along soon.
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= JAMBOREE EAST 1975 IN PITTSBURGH =
Toksn dud ni©dal collsctors living in the eastern section of the
country will have the opportunity for attending a show devoted
printarily to exonumia material when the second annual JAMBOREE
EAST 1975 will be held at the Holiday Inn-Airport, Pittsburgh/
Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, on October 17-19,
Many bourse dealers 8pecializ,ing in tokens and medals will be
offering their wares, and transportation tokens will be prominent
in what is available as several specialists in vectures will be
there. In addition, the auction offering contains a number of
lots of better quality transportation tokens including several
census tokens; auction catalogues are available from H, Joseph
Levine, Presidential Coin & Antique Co,, Inc., 6222 Little
River Turnpike, Alexandria; VA 22312, The auction is scheduled
for 7 PM on Friday evening, October 17,
One of the special features of the Jamboree is the banquet which
takes place on Saturday evening preceded by a cocktail hour. The
banquet is strictly informal with no program, other than the
awarding of door prizes. Banquet tickets, including one drink,
are priced at $10,00,
Daily admission to the Jamboree is $1,00, but each paid admission
receives a token good for $1,00 in trade when spent with any of
the bourse dealers present. Complete registration for the Jam-
boree is priced at $15,00 and includes a special badge, ad-
mission to all events, three of the $1 tokens, a banquet ticket
and a drink ticket.
The bourse roster had not been filled when this was written, so
space may still be available if you are interested in setting
up. Dealers will begin set-up on Thursday evening, but the
bourse will not be open to the public until Friday morning. The
hours are from 10 AM to 6 PM on Friday and Saturday, and from
10 AM to 5 PM on Sunday,
Exonumia displays are being sought. The exhibits are non-
competitive, and each exhibitor will receive a special silver
medal as an award. Please inquire for an exhibit application.
The Holiday Inn-Airport is a relatively new facility offering
quality accomodations and excellent food. Special room rates
are provided when reservations are requested on a special card
which is available.
For further information on any aspect of the Jamboree, for
collector registration forms, for bourse table applications, for
exhibitors applications, for reservation cards, please contact
Duane H, Peisel, P, O, Box 1302, Los Altos, CA 94022; telephone
415-941-2690.
This will be the event for exonoraists in the east. Join your
friends in making this a real Jamboree!
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= SEPTEIffiER SUPPLEiylEKT TO THE CATALOGUE OF WORLD TRAWSPORTATIOW TOKENS =
By Kenneth E. Smith
ENGLAND (Reported by Donald Capper)
Chipping Norton 178
WEST OXFORDSHIRE DISQ?RICT COUNCIL
AK C 31 Sd Concessionary Fare 6P (yelloiv) ip0.60
Grimsby 350
GRIMSBY-CLEETHORPES TRANSPORT J.S.C.S.
APo C 26 Sd , ' . Grimsby Immingham Return (yellov) .60
AQo C Oc Sd " (pinlv ) (25nim) .60
(Used onlj'' by employees of the John Sutcliffe Consolidated Stevedores Ltd.)
GRIMSBY-CLEETHORPES TRANSPORT
BC C 21 Sd 2p (red) .20
BH C 25 Sd 5p (light blue) .50
BK C 25 Sd Tp (gold) .60
Manchester 500
NATIONAL TRANSPORT TOKEN (LARGE 5 IN CENTER)
CL A 27 Ch (same as obverse) (good for a 5p ride) .50
Southampton 705
HAMPSHIRE TRANSPORT TOKEN SCHEME AA (INSIGNIA)
CH C 25 Sd 5p (blue) .50
(Nicolosi's New Issues Service will distribute the above British tokens
with the exception of 350 AP and AQ. )
GERMANY
In the June, 1975* Supplement, change Germany 105 D to 105 F.
Kaub h58 (Reported by G. Fritz) (City is on the Rhine River)
LOTSEN DIENST KAUB (28mm)
FAo B Sq Sd (Castle Pfalzgrafenstein) 1.00
FBo A Sq Sd " 1.00
FCo A Sq Sd " (copper-plated) 1.00
FDo A 28 Sd 1.00
(Special pilots were used to escort boats through the tricky gorge in
the Rhine at Kaub and these pilots used these discount tokens for re-
turn trips when not on duty. These pilot tokens sold at 10 for 18
Harks; otherwise the fare was 2.5 Jfe.rks for the pilot.)
Frankfurt on Oder 335 (Reported by G. Fritz)
ELEKTRISCHE STRASSEN3AHN FRANKFURT A/O.
I o A 2i» Sd Fahrmarke 1-00
Remember, please, when you report new discoveries, in addition to giving
the exact x^ording, spelling, and punctuation, to send RUBBINGS or PHOTO-
GRAPHS. This is essential to insure accurate listings. Please keep the
listings coming.
KEMETH E. SfflTH - 328 AVENUE F - REDONDO BEACH, CA 90277
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parking TOKENS VJANTED: IIY 3055 B, 3360 C, 3620 A, 3629 Ab C E, 3630 YA, 3640 B, 3735
C, 3780 Aa B C D E, 3790 A, 3890 Aa Ab. Send your want-list for mine.
Marvin E . Siraon ^ 10 Gallup St. - Westerly, RI 02891
IF ANY A.V.A. members have spares in canceled postage stamps and wish to make a dona-
tion to a disabled veteran, please send to my friend Charles G. Bickford - 60 Cross
St. - Southbridge, HA 01550. Thanks! - Pete Rosmerski
COSTA RICA 760 E for your 15 diff. U.S. TT's, Please wite first as I only have 4
trades. = Dan Rusnak 2 Box 327 - Sparks, HV 89431
FOR BEST TRADE IN U.S. TT} Savage Drug Co / Harshorne / Ind. Terr. / Good For / 59 /
In Trade / brass 21itra. The Elk / {Elk) / Evanston, Wyoming / Wyoming / Good For /
259 / In Trade / brass 24nin. For trade for U.S. TT equal cat. valuet V7is 1000 A.
Philip Mandel - 131 S. Harvey Ave. - Oalc Park, IL 60302
WILL EXCHANGE MY PERSONAL TRADE CHECK, souvenir of the August AVA Convention, for
yours. = John M. Barnes - P.O. Box 5152 - Sherman Oaks, CA 91413
FOR SALE: TT's 50 diff. $7.50. Red OPA 29 diff. $6.25; 28 diff. $4.25; 50 mixed
$3.25; blue OPA 15 diff. $3.25. Postpaid. Buying Illinois provisional sales tax
tokens. = George Van Trump Box 656, Edgemont Br. ^ Golden, CO B0401
TRADER'S STOCK — over 1400 TT's with 25 states and 121 diff. cities, mostly common but
with some good ones. Best offer over $85 or a reasonable trade offer.
Bill Davis - P.O. Box 202 - Littleton, CO 30120
FOR SALE: PRICE'S INCLINED RAILWAY tokens, Ohio 165 G or H, $7.50 each or both for
$14.00 prepaid insured. Supply limited.
G. Lipscomb - 5010 Winton Road - Fairfield, OH 45014
FOR SALE PLUS SUFFICIENT POSTAGE: CA 450 N 459, 615 C 259, 962 A 409; CT 210 C 459;
IL 270 E 409, 535 D 409, 551 A 409; MN 80 A 759; NH 615 A 409; NY 35 I J K 409 ea,
695 F II 409 ea; 760 D 409, 875 Z 509, 930 B 509; OK 770 A B 359 ea; 985 A 359; PA 875
B 659, 985 J 459, IC 359; RI 700 K 359; Til 20 D $1.15, E 809; TX 320 G 259; WI 700 I
459; 1000 's for sale, see April Fare Box page 54, Foreign list available for SAE.
J ohn G. Nicolosi - 3002 Galindo Street Oakland, CA 94601
TRADES WANTED: Send 10 diff. transp. tokens plus 209 SAE, receive my 10 diff. in re-
turn. Taxi tokens also needed. = G.E. Cole - 177 Tompkins St. - Pittston, PA 18640
WILL TRADE 30 diff. TT's for $1.50 face value U.S, or Canadian pre-64 silver coins.
bud Nelson Box 4371 2 Rockford, IL 61110
FOR TRADE OR WILL SELL TO THE HIGHEST BID; Irvd 460 A3; Ohio 505 A, 860 A; Pa 135 B;
Utah 750 P 0 R; Wash 830 O. g Robert Kelley = 6315 Parkview Cir. = Mason, OH 45040
I^IANTED: Pa. only Dog License Tags, Not more than one or two of Scune county. TRADE
TT of my choice, one for one. = G.W. Diehl - P.O. Box 6 - Fort Loudon, PA 17224
CAR WASH TOKENS for sale: CA 207 A - $4; TX 925 A - $1; B - 509; 950 A - $2.00.
Stephen Album - P.O. Box 4039 - Berkeley, CA 94704
POUR $10 CAT, CENSUS (less tlian 3 knovm) and others recently added to my inventory.
New revised list available for SASE. Price reductions on most tokens, to over 509
off. Many choice tokens, $1 to $10 catalogue. Write today.
Rich Hartzoq P.O. Box 4143LE ;;; Rockford, IL 61110
tilANTEDt Real, Fantasy, Reprint, Replica, U.S. or foreign paper money that has been
printed on, or overprinted for use as advertising. I have up to 5 diff. to trade on
a 1 for 1 basis. SAE please under 5 trades.
J.W, Baum ;;; 3113 N. Arkansas Ave. - Wichita, KS 67204
FOR SALE AT 609 EACH: Minnesota token from Babbitt, listed this month. Please note
that the New Issues Service will handle this token. Send SAE please.
Floyd 0. Barnett - 5425 Portland Ave. - Minneapolis, MN 55417
450 DIFF. TT's each housed in 2x2 envelopes or holders and catalogued, for only $135
plus $1.50 towards postage & insurance, to any U.S. address. If you haven't yet sent
for my latest fixed price list, a SASE will bring you a copy by return mail.
Paul Tarqonsky ^ 23 Harrison St. - Meriden, CT 06450
CONVENTION TOKENS; Even if you couldn't get to Los Angeles last month or don't be-
long to New Issues, you can still have the handsome new souvenir token for your col-
lection, Price $2.75 postpaid. Orders for two or more will be mailed insured first
class at no extra cost. Send remittance to:
Elaine Willahan, CATC Secy. - 516 W. 99th Street - Los Angeles, CA 90044
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TRADE 10 DIFF. AUSTIN, TEXAS, TT's {complete set except 50 A & C) for 10 diff. of
your TT's. Also, trade full set of 5 Texas merchant tokens for 5 diff. of your IlT's.
Bill Fot/ler ;;; 2402 Pickwick Lane - Austin, TX 78746
FOR TRADE: Cal 760 I; Col 600 C, 300 G; Haw 240 E; PR 600 D; ilont 500 A; Mich 735 E;
Mo 441 A; Wash 780 W, 1000 A. TRADE FOR, OR BUY: Cal 450 K; Fla 540 D; Ga 630 D;
Mass 430 A; Mich 525 N, 560 R; NY 235 C, 905 I; IJJ 20 Ij NC 450 F; Tex 320 P; Pa 630
C; AVA loth Anniversary token.
Frank H. Guernsey - 12546 H.E. Knott ^ Portland, OR 97230
CITY OF WHEATLAND (CALIFORNIA) brass dog licenses, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 4 diff.
for $1 prepaid, or will trade for your 14 diff. TT's.
Bill Williqes - Box 445 - I'flieatland, CA 95692
FOE SALE: Have 2 extremely nice Pa 725 H at $10 each. WANT Pa 760 A and 970 A.
R. Grant Garner - R.D. 2, Box 112 - Oil City, PA 16301
I HAVE A TRADE of over 400 merchant and transp. tokens and I need Tex 5 Ab, 145 K,
340 F G H, 805 Bb. If you have any of these maybe we can trade.
Charles Berger 222 Terlinqua - Portland, TX 78374
TRADE OR SALE; Ala 560 I, 570 E; Alas 190 A; Ark 975 A; Cal 760 J K, 785 A, 805 B;
DC 500 AB AI; Fla 530 H, 620 A B; Ohio 750 A. \'Jhat have you to offer?
J.H. Roy - 10201 Christophe Colomb - Montreal, Quebec H2C 2T8
KEEP THOSE OLDER PERSONALS COMING. Have 75 more to trade +SAE.
S ol Halpern - 1032 N. Screenland - Burbank, CA 91505
TRADE: Cal 3450 AK, 3500 A, 3705 B; NJ 3060 A; SC 3100 A; ’IJash 3780 B; MSPT 3067 B;
Wash 840 D E; NY 631 S. If no trade, to highest bid + postage. My shoice sell 10
TT's for $1 +SAE. = J. Studebaker - 2614 Legare St. - Beaufort, SC 29902
HAVE MISTRIKES of Wise 220 C and 300 D. Will trade for any TT;s 1 need. Have sev-
eral sets of Kans 540 C D E F at $2, Ohio 10 A for $5, and set of Pa 525 A thru L
for $5. Would like to exchange trade lists.
BiJl Garrison - 9505 Normandy - Morton Grove, IL 60053
COLORADO WANTED: 20 A B, 40 A B C, 60 D, 300 A, 3B0 A, 440 B, 540 A B, 760 A C I M,
860 A B, 998 ABC, 999 A B C D.
R.B. Seqer ^ 6054 S, Mar s hall Drive Littleton, CO 30123
WILL TRADE MY NY 945 F for any one of the follov;ing 15C TT's: Cal 835 I, 845 E; Col
260 M; Fla 880 E F; la 997 B; Ky 510 BD BG BI BJ; Minn 110 B, 680 D; Mo 997 H Ij Neb
305 A B; Okla 770 B; Ore 700 J Kj Pa 146 ABC.
Pedro C. Rosario - 220 St. J.A. 13 Country Club - Rio Piedras, PR 00924
TO HIGHEST BIDDER; Ida 100 D H 0, 180 A, 380 B, 44o7l B D E F G H I J, 640 A B.
J. Douglas Ferguson - Box 38 ^ Reck Island, Quebec JOB 2K0
MY LATEST PERSONAL TOKEN, 14-E, is yours free for a stamped envelope. Also have a
few 14-A left, also free. If you want both, please put 19<? on the envelope, though.
I don't have any left of 14 B,C,D, so no use asking for then.
J.M. Coffee, Jr. ^ P.O. Box 1204 ;;; Boston, MA 02104
FEISEL'S CATALOGUE OF PARKING TOKENS OF THE WORLD, 2nd ed., 264 pages, available
cloth-bound or loose-leaf. Price $8 postpaid to members. ($10 to others) .
Duane II. Feisel - P.O. Box 1302 — Los Altos, CA 94022
CATALOGUE OF WORLD TRANSPORTATION TOKENS 6 PASSES except North America, 1st ed.,
1967, at $5 either bound or loose-leaf. Autographed if desired. Order from;
Kenneth E. Smith - 3 28 Avenue F - Redondo Beach, CA 90277
ATWOOD’S CATALOGUE OF UNITED STATES & CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION TOKENS, 3rd ed. 1970,
731 pages buckram-bound or loose-leaf, price $0 to members ($12 to others) postpaid.
1973 SUPPLEMENT to the Atwood Catalogue, 40 pages cardboard cover, updates the Atwood
thru May 1973, price $1.50 postpaid.
CAR WASH TOKENS, 1st ed. 1974, by J.M. Coffee & H.V. Ford, 120 pages cloth-bound,
price $4.50 to members ($7.50 to others) postpaid.
PERSONAL TOKENS OF VECTURISTS , just out, cardboard cover, price only $1 postpaid.
American Vecturist Assn. - P.O, Box 1204 - Boston, MA 02104
MJL aacXioni i.n thiM cZo&e. OctobeA 20, Advertisements in THE FARE BOX are free
to members of AVA. Simply write your ad on a separate sheet, or a 7<f postcard, with
your name C- address, and send it to the Editor. Limit 6 lines; send only one at a
time; make it different each insertion; don't auction tokens listed under 25^,
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FOR SALE: Ark 720 C;' La 490 A; Okla 320 B} Tenn 375 E, 35 <? each or 3 for $1 +SAE.
Also list of approx. 2000 XT’s for sale or will consider trades for good merchant
tokens. = T.H. Robinson - Box 8405 - Pine Bluff, AR 71601
= APPLICATIONS FOR fCMBERSHIP =
1562 LLOYD C. WALKER - 1202 SMITH - LAWTON, OKLAHOm 73501
Age 55; Retired. Collects U.S. [Jo6zph)
1563 HAL R. SWANN, JR. - 915 OVERTON LEA ROAD - NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37220
Age 57; Surveyor. Collects U.S. (COjJ^eel
1564 PHILLIP ANDREW MICHAUD - 9359 TORRENT ROW - COLUMBIA, MARYLAND 21045
Age 19, Supervisor, Collects U.S., Canada, Parking. {Cojjfjec)
1565 LAWRENCE J. KEMPER - 805 HARRIS - CINCINNATI, OHIO 45205
Age 48; Revenue Officer.' Collects U.S., Canada.
1566 CURTIS HERBERT JUDGE III - 9032 S.W. 97th AVE., APT. 7 - MIAMI, FLORIDA 33176
Age 25; Service Representative. Collects U.S., Parking. i’i-i^eAauCA)
1567 LAWRENCE A. DEL GADO - 4420 PARK BLVD. - OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA 94602
Age 26; Tow Truck Driver. Col lects U.S. (Coj^^^e)
1568 F.W'. LUNAN - 2812 BEACH BLVD. SOUTH - GULFPORT, FLORIDA 33707
Legal age. Collects U.S., Canada. iP-itteAbcind)
1569 CHARLES b'. SEDMAN - 2507 CARVER STREET - DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA 27705
Age 29; Chemical Engineer. Collects U.S., Parking. (S^ne^)
1570 GEORGE R. OWEN - 2428 NORTH LINCOLN AVENUE - CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60614
Age 62; Retired Teacher. Collects all types. {Jo-!>e.pli)
1571 DONALD D. FINCH - BOX 466 - VISALIA, CALIFORNIA 93277
Age 34; Bookkepper. Collects U.S. [CuntvingliOin)
1572 WILLIAM W. COLBY - BOX 248 - TEMPLE CITY, CALIFORNIA 91780
Age 59; Coin Dealer. Collects all types. (Co^^td)
1573 LEO J. COLE, JR. - 2100 WOLFE LANE - FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS 72901
Age 41. Collects U.S. {W-citigzi, Sa.)
1574 BRUCE PASAROW - 125 SOUTH mCNOLIA AVENUE, #10 - ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA 92804
Age 24; Library Clerk. Collects all types. (Co^’^ee)
1575 DONALD C. BROOKS - BOX 24185 - SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 95124
Age 42; Letter Carrier. Collects U.S., Parking. {Co^f^dd)
REINSTATEMENT TO MEMBERSHIP ;
1170 Harry K. Nichols - 2598 West 21st Street - Yuma, Ari 2 ona 85364
917 Harry R. Porter *• 1042 Bardstown Road - Louisville, Kentucky 40204
RESIGNATION FROM liEMBERSHIP:
1169 Frederick S. Norman - 209 Fifth Street - Fulton^ Kentucky 42041
CHANGE OF ADDRESS ! (* indicates Contribution to Address Plate Fund)
* John M. Barnes - P.O. Box 5152 - Sherman Oaks, California 91413
* Ray Byrne - P.O. Box W - Delray Beach, Florida 33444
* Joseph M. Canfield - 435 Ridge Road - Wilmette, Illinois 60091
* Ralph L. Day - 35 Snlffen Road - Westport, Connecticut 06880
* Aksel J. Hansen - 4251 Parklawn Avenue South, Apt. 102 - Edina, Minnesota 55435
* Arthur E. Smith - 2520 Northrop Avenue, #4 - Sacramento, California 95825
* Edward W. Smith - P.O. Box 806 - North Truro, Massachusetts 02652
Some mmbdU nntj not be i,otth ndij po6taZ Aotdi i^jfuch mnt tnto ejJjjee^ tht6
month, Ftut clcU6 Kdmztn6 at 10^ ^oA thd ^tAAt ouncd, bat it ij> now) onZy 9^ ^oA
dadh additional ounce/ Po^taaAd6 oAd noi'J only H in&tdad OfJ and thdid Aatd6 iaWL
koid at tdoAt tUUL a{^t<iA. ChAiitm . It &a\id6 a4 a jjetv doZtoAA on maiZing co6tA ^OA
THE FARE BOX. So u4e a po^tcoAd to maiZ in youA ad and Aaod 3^.
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NE'W ISSUES EDITOR EDITOR
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94022
Volume 29, dumber 10 - OCTOBER, 1975 Our 340th Issue
EDWARD M. CUTLER
The Editor i>eports with sadness the death of Eddf-e Cutter'j AYA UL-BlSj of Redondo
Beaohf California, Eddie loas a vetenan merdber^ and until recent years he ms a reg-
ular fixture at our annual conventions. He had a quiet sense of Imtnorf and was al-
ways good company. An avid stamp collector as well as vecturist^ I remenber that he
always wanted caiwnevKyrative stamps on his copies of The Fare BoXj a request which I
regularly honored, over the years. All of us who knero hirrif but especially the South-
ern Californio, members, slrare in the loss of a good friend and loyal member. He died
on September 16 of this year.
October 29. This issue contains 20 pages, of V7hich six are devoted to an excel-
lent Index of all tokens reported in Catalogue Suppleraents since the Atwood Catalogue
vjas completed. This was prepared by Bob and Anna Butler, who prepared it in such a
vjay that members may cut out the pages, size 6x9, and insert them in their Atwood
Catalogues. I hope that I'll be able to print it tlie way they intended, but mimeo-
graphing is a very inexact method of reproduction, so forgive me if the front and
back sides don't mesh perfectly. Now I know some of you don't like to remove pages
from issues of THE FARE BOX, preferring to maintain your issues intact. For you I
shall run off 25 extra copies, and will be happy to mail you an extra copy of the new
Butler Index for 25t plus a long addressed envelope with a IC? stamp on it.
I have quite a number of good articles still to be published, but at the moment
a 20-page issue is all I can handle so we shall hold these other articles over for the
November issue, and perhaps I shall be able to get it out in only two or three weeks.
Last month we reported that SEPTA of Philadelphia was considering ordering spe-
cial commemorative tokens for the Bicentennial, V7ell they have definitely ordered a
million of them, to be put into use shortly after the beginning of 1976. This is
good news, and we shall definitely obtain a supply for our members.
Some tiiae back we also reported that the Sta-Krisp Potato Chip Company of Wich-
ita, KS, was putting big blue plastic tokens in their bags of potato chips. The tok-
ens are good for rides at a local amusement park. They say right on them, the latest
ones, that tliey are good for free ride at this park. So I wrote the company, and they
have agreed to sell us a quantity of theia at a nominal price. So these interesting
big plastic tokens will be available to N.I.S. members and anyone else who wishes to
buy one.
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= GREETINGS FROM CHICAGO =
-OctoboA 1975-
First, thanks to everyone for my elevation to the office of President. I will
do everything possible to make the AVA an interesting and interested organization for
transportation token collectors.
Next, the better to serve you, I need to hear from you. Please address any prob- ^ .
lem, suggestion, criticism, (praise?) to me and, I guarantee, every situation v/ill be
given careful consideration.
Finally, to promote better relative value of the tokens in our hobby, I urge each
of you to report, ACCURATELY, the finding, purchase, possession or acquisition of any
census piece to your collection, or the sale or trading off of any census token from
your collection. This information should be sent to ifcirold Ford (6641 Saroni Drive -
Oakland, CA 94611), v 7 ho has done, and continues to do, a magnificent job as "Keeper
of the Census." This will enable us to assign proper valuation to our rarer pieces.
Good hunting!
- Joel J. Reznick
President, A.V.A.
~ OCTOBER NEW ISSUES SERVICE REPORT =
Bij John G. Nicolosi
After two hectic months — August and September — with four sendings to N.I.S, mem-
bers, we continue again this month with five more tokens coming gour wag (providing
we get them). As of now I have tiro of them, and in the case of the other three the
companies have mg chocks. So this month we mag have to delay sending out the tokens
a bit, until we get them. As soon as I have them I shall swiftly put them into the
mail to you, if you have enough in your balance to cover their cost, I seem to keep
harping on that, hut with all these netr issues coming out I am running short of the
capital to pay for them. So... if after those repeated pleas you still don't send in
a check to get your balance up there, you I'ill be dropped from the N.I.S. to make way
for a more eager AVA member on the waiting list.
The five tokens I shall send out (as soon as I have tltem) are: 3C 825 A from
Canada, a really attractive plastic. Ohio 565 A (we're grateful to Gay Lipscomb for
getting us a supply), and we have plenty of them; you may huy all you want at catalog
value — yes, all you want. Mo 440 W, again Joel Reznick t^as very helpful on this one
and without him we'd never have obtained them. Matter of fact this one isn't here
yet but expect it any day. Finally, Wis 360 P and Q — which also have not arrived
and we just learned the company couldn't figure out why anybody would want so many
of their tokens even tliough they had previously agreed to sell them. I/e shall get
them, but it may take a vote of the City Council (or the Israeli Knesset, for all I
know). Our thanks to Mr. Erickson for assistance on t/iis one. He has helped us so
often in the past as well.
So we are still sitting here waiting for the three tokens to arrive, and soon as
they do they will go out to all NIS members, both regular and associate.
By the way X forgot to mention last month that the date 1369 on the ILL 551 A
token was the date of the founding of the village of Maywood, which calls itself the
"Village of Eternal Light." Motto of the community is "I/e Try...Ne Care." The three
people pictured on the token are meant to represent Equality and Understanding, for
Maywood takes pride in being an integrated community. Sounds like a nice place.
VJelcome this month to a new Associate NIS member, Nick Plencner, proprietor of
Nick's Red Oirl.
Pave Jokdan AemU a cLipplng the. tizw VoAk hkigaz^nz In MhUjzh thzAz -u an ad
a "Aotixi 6tQAJUhg i>U.yzA zmet AzpUca 0(5 thz oKiglnat IS-r tokzn" ui,zd In New; VoAk.
It zomzi uxith a chain and you nay gzt It ^on. only $9.95 po6tpaid. Tkl& mold
bz W 630 AO, and now we expect someone to a6k why hi& ■Siivza tokzn i6n't liited. Thz
ad at6o 6ay-i>, ^'PAotzit thz new incAza6z!" Thzy haven’t 6zzn anything yzt, (flait till
next t/eok idizn it go z& up to a doZZan..
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= THE DAY THAT PA 750 AE WAS USED =
By Frederick A. Kramer
“Page 135 -
At the close of World War II most transit companies could hardly wait to scrap
the trolley cars and rail facilities that had been physically exhausted by wartime
service. In general the industry hailed the I ow- investment and quick face-lifting
that a conversion to buses provided, Philadelphia Transportation Company was an ex-
ception to the trend, largely because of a well -ma i nta ined physical plant, the narrow
streets and short blocks characteristic of the city, and a belief in the principle of
balanced modes of transportation.
Accordingly, PTC ordered 100 all-electric PCC cars from St. Louis Car Company^
during July, 1944. Delivery finally materialized in the spring of 1947, thus setting
the stage for a festive upgrading of Route 23. This was one of the most important of
lines involving nearly eleven miles of street running from lOth & Oregon in South
Philadelphia to Bethlehem Pike in the northv/est corner of Germantown. No one would
lament replacement of the ancient Nearside cars with their wooden seats, bare bulbs,
and grinding ride.
Sunday, May II, 1947, was selected to inaugurate regular PCC service. As this
was a signal occasion, PTC planned a luncheon and pre-inaugural inspection trip hosted
by their off icial s for the benefit of businessmen and civic leaders of the communities
along Route 23. They also graciously invited the officers of the now-defunct Quaker
Division of the Electric Railroaders Association. As Acting Secretary, I v^as included
on the PTC president’s invitation list.
Those were high school days and as the event was held on the Thursday before PCC
service started, it was necessary to play hookey. We assembled in a banquet room at
the Ben Frank! in Hotel at noon. I was disappointed by the food, but thoroughly pleased
by the speechmaking, which is probably the reverse of what the businessmen thought.
At length we got our topcoats and stepped outside, beautifully coordinated with the
arrival of photographers and a pair of rcC’s. The rail fans knowingly picked the car
that would head toward South Philadelphia because it would deadhead far back north to
the carbarn, thereby maximizing the length of our ride.
Shortly after the car started, the Pa 750 AE tokens were handed out— very care-
fully. Unable to promote "spares," we fans tried to cajole the businessmen into sur-
rendering their gifts. It made for a pleasant ride but to no avail: perhaps they
had not enjoyed the lunch all that much either, and wanted to salvage something tan-
gible.
A trophy of such magnitude required prominent display and that was done by wear-
ing it on my keychain. Within six weeks the brass was tarnished and generally looking
as though it were just a flashing over a base metal. Contrary to the advice of my fel-
low token collectors, my parents, and my jeweler , I had my Pa 750 AE gold-plated.
I’ve certainty been happy with it ever since, but let the record show that there
really wasn’t an "X" variety struck for me,
= DELAWARE VALLEY MEETING =
By Leonard H. Paul
The Delavjare Valley Vector ist Association met on Sunday, September 14 at Joe Per-
nicano's office in Fort Washington, Pa. Dan DiMichael and Paul Biery brought along
their ’'shov/ and brag" items. Dan shov/ed 15 of his census and near-census Pennsylvania
Turnpike tokens and'Vaul his scarce ferry and other Pennsylvania items plus a few cen-
sus items from other states he v/ould trade for equally scarce Pennsy toxens.
Attending were Joe Pernicano (lie has the door key), Dan DiMichael, Paul Biery,
Hank Bergey, Henry DeGregorio and Len Paul. Dave Jordan couldn't come but he called
via Ma Bell and talked with some of the bunch.
Our next meeting will be on Saturday, November 8, in Nev7 York City with the NEVA
at ti\e Hew Yorlc Sheraton Hotel - 7th Avenue at 56th Street, as guests of the Grand
Central Coin Convention.
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= THE MELBOUHNE-BRIGHTON BUS LINES PTY. LTD. TOKEN OF VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA =
By Les Haxrthorne
This token is listed in Smith’s Foreign Catalogue on page 212 under Australia as
Melbourne 500 B. Actually the head office of the firm, and its shops, are situated
in Elwood, a municipality of Melbourne which lies near the two towns of St. Kilda and
Brighton, two beach towns on the outskirts of Melbourne which these buses serve.
The token was issued as a free c omplimentar:/ ride on the buses during an adver-
tising campaign, to woo the residents in the two aforementioned beach towns away frcm
the Victorian Railways trains which serve that area. Two tokens were attached to an
advertising brochure and mailed out to the residents of these two beach towns. This
brochure described the convenience and other merits of the bus line and invited the
public to a free bus ride any\’/here along a section, or the whole bus route into Mel-
bourne. The free ride invitation was open from October 4 to 12, 19^2, and after the
latter date the tokens were invalid. Thus these tokens were used for a very short
period: nine days, to be exact.
Incidentally the tokens are made of white metal, gold-plated, and not brass,
gold-plated as indicated in the catalogue. The tokens are die cast, of post metal.
= NEW FINDS =
Gordon Wold writes that he picked up Wis 980 E this past summer in trade for a
I 924“0 cent.
I don’t get too many reports of new finds these days, but there are good tokens
being picked up here and there, and if you have acquired a census token recently let
us know.
Not a transportation token, but an unusual item was reported to me by John Wil-
cox. Apparently issued by a group opposed to school bussing for racial balance, the
token is brass, 22mm, inscribed ’’FORCED BUSING I UNFAIR TOKEN" on obverse, and
’’MUCH MONEY WILL BE f^ADE BY FEW 1972" on reverse. I mention the token here only be-
cause of the play on the word "fare" being changed to "unfair" on this token.
Your Editor also recently acquired an interesting real estate item which also is
indirectly involved with transportation:
PRESENT THIS TO W.P. WHITSETT 319 SOUTH HILL STREET PHONES
BROADWAY 3525 HOME F 2369 AND SECURE ABSOLUTELY FREE TRIP BY
AUTOf'lOBILE TO VAN NUYS AND RETURN SEE LOS ANGELES’ NEWEST
SUBURB, BUILT BY H.J. WHITLEY, THE FOUNDER OF HOLLYWOOD.
Fw 58 Pc The New Town Teeming With Opportunities in the Famous San
Fernando Valley Van Nuys Lots Acreage Beautiful Suburban
Homes Unsurpassed Scenery Excellent Transportation Fine
Business Openings Liberal Bui Id I ng Discounts Terms See
Van Nuys - Lankershim 47,000 Acre Tract. See Sherman Way,
the $500,000 Boulevard, (metal rim)
1 suppose we could call it a "?1iscel laneous" type transportation token, but obviously
it was just a gimmick, a come-on, so I’ll list it in the real estate catalogue. We
won't put it in Atwood at all. We already have too much "miscellaneous" stuff in the
Atwood. I would like to learn more about when the above token was used.
Not quite a new find, but the col lection of the iate Bob McKee has been pur-
chased by Paul Cunningham. I checked through Bob's Atwood Catalogue. He was very
precise, but there was one error made by Bob which I mention here because some of you
may have made the same mistake. Bob thought he owned the extremely rare Pa 15 B, I is-
ted at $10. As a matter of fact, the token tn his col lection was the much more com-
mon Pa 15 C, listed at $2.50. Note that both B and C are impregnated with mica —
there’s a ditto mark there. The Pa 15 C is brownish with specks of mica through the
token. Someone found a couple dozen or more of these about 20 years ago. The Pa 15
B is jet black— no brown at all in the token — with specks of mica in it. As far as I
know, the only example of Pa 15 B is in the Harold Ford collection, ex-Atwood.
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= OCTOBER SUPPLEfffiNT TO THE CATALOGUE OF WORLD TRANSPORTATION TOKENS =
By Kenneth E. Smith
GERMANY (Reported by C-. Fritz)
B 0 B
20
Sd
C 0 B
20
Ch
D 0 Z
24
Sd
Dessau
265
F 0 Z
Tr
Sd
G 0 Z
Ov
Sd
H 0 B
Sq
Sd
I 0 Z
Sq
Sd
Job
Hx
Sd
K 0 Z
Hx
Sd
L 0 Z
Hx
Sd
Dresden 290
P 0 B
23
Sd
Q 0 B
Oc
Sd
Eisenach
305
E 0 f-JIi 19
Pc
Gera
340
I 0 A
Oc
Sd
Gorlitz :
350
H 0 A
19
Sd
Graudenz
358
A 0 A
Oc
Sd
B 0 B
Oc
Sd
Halberstadt
P 0 Rt
Sd
STADT. STRASSEI-IMHN BRANDENBURG A. HAVEL 10
Staatsbahn Hof-Kasernen
tr
STRASSENBAIilT DER STADT BRAtIDEHBURG H (STREETCAR)
Dienst=Marke
UMSTEIGE MARKS DESSAUER STRAGSENBAHIT
Giiltig nur bei Direktem Umsteigen Missbrauch Strafbar
(brass-plated) ( 28 x 35 ™)
UMSTEIGEMARKE DESSAUER STRASSENBAHN
Giiltig nur bei Direktem Umsteigen Missbrauch Strafbar (SOxlTnmi)
(23mm)
(23mm)
(22mm)
(22mm)
(brass-plated ) ( 22mm)
DRESDNER OMNIBUS VEREIN 20 pf.
(blank) (ex 29 O YC)
ELBUBERFAHRT LAUBEGAST
(blank) (22mm)
STRASSENBAHN EISENACH (STREETCAR)
(same as obverse)
GERAER STPASSEIiBAHIi ACTIEN-GESELLSCHAFT (STREETCAR)
Gut Fur 15 Pfennig (l9mm)(ll on obverse)
ELEKTRISCHE STRASSENBAHN GORLITZ (STREETCAR)
Fahrmarke Fiir Kinder
STADTISCHE STRASSENBAHN GRAUDENZ 5
(same as obverse) ( 20mm) (ex 358 YA)
STADTISCHE STRASSENBAHN GRAUDENZ 10
(same as obverse) ( 19 mm)
STRASSENBAHN HALBERSTADT
Dienst-I4arke (ends curved outwards) (2Kxl3ram)
Remenber^ please, when you report new discoveries, in addition to
giving the exact wording, spelling, and punctuation, to send. RUB-
BWGS or PHOTOGRAPHS. This is essential to insure accurate listings.
Please keep the listings coming.
KENNETH E. SMITH
328 AVENUE F
REDONDO BEACH, CA
m-
51.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
2.50
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
90277
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= OCTOBER SUPPLEIIENT TO ATWOOD'S CATALOGUE =
By Ralph Freiberg
ARKANSAS
Camden 150 (Reported by Joel Reznick)
CKIDESTER & YOUNG CAMDEN, ARK. GOOD FOR 1 FARE
F o B Oc Sd Drumraers Check (23rmn) $7.50
CALIFORNIA
Sacramento 715 (Reported by H&W)
SACRAI4ENTO REGIOl^L TRANSIT DISTRICT (LOGO)
Z \M 23 Pc Good For One Youth Senior Fare (logo) (* 2/75) .15
[SRTD took over on April 1, 1973]
Zone Checks 997 (Reported by Duane H. Feisel)
(OBVERSE SAIffi AS 997 E) [all letters incuse]
L o 3 39 Sd P"are Paid to Los Angeles Not Good For Passage 5.00
M o B 39 Sd " Hollywood 5.00
ILLINOIS
Cairo 95 (Reported by Pat Morgan)
CAIRO CITY RAILWAY CO. HALF PARE
E o 3 21 Ch (same as obverse) 7.50
INDIANA
Fort Wayne 290 (Reported by Gay Lipscomb)
FORT TJAYNE CHURUBUS CO. BUS LINE
E o B Ov St--sc Good For One Pass (30x21iara) 5.00
[Also known as Star Bus Line; oner a ted between Fort Wayne and Churubusco]
Indiana Harbor 450 [Relisting based on inform tion in M&W records] (ex-IN 460 M)
BLUE SAFETY COACH CO. IND.
E o Wi 23 S Good For One Fare {* 1925) 7.50
440 (Reported by Peter Weiglin to John Coffee)
KANSAS CITY AREA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (ARROW)
(Not Redeemable) [parentheses on token] .40
OHIO
Middletown 565 (Reported by Gay Lipscomb)
MIDDLETOWTJ, OHIO C T S
A B 23 Sd (same as obverse) ,35
PENNSYLVANIA
Patterns 998 (Reported by Duane H. Feisel)
SEPTA PHILADELPHIA
T Bz 16 P-sc SEPTA Good For One Fare
TEXAS
San Antonio 810
KELLY A.F.B. BUS 11
K o Pr 31 Sd (sane as obverse) 1.00
WISCONSIN
La Crosse 360 (Reported by A. Erickson & Tex Barnett)
P Wl 16 L [Obverse & Reverse same as 360 J, but dyed or plated brass] (* 1/75). 30
Q Bz 20 B1 [ ” " 360 K, " m-plated] (* 1/75) .20
[La Crosse 'lunicipal Transit Utility, a city operation, took over on
January 1, 1975, and dyed or plated tokens to indicate iirhich were sold
by MTU and which by the previous operation. ]
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MISSOURI
ICansas City
W B 20 Sd
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-OctoboA 1975-
UNIDENTIFIED (Reported by Jack Smith)
EX. L.R.R. CO. / ONE TRIP / UPPER GATE
152 I'M 29 Sd (blank) [obverse letters incse]-,
The following io a relisting of Unidentified i^l38 with oorreotions:
1 HORSE SINGLE TRIP / HATCH'S TO DELHI / EX. L.R.R. CO. (INCUSE)
138 WI Ob Sd (blanJc) (67.17mia)
PRESENTATION PIECES (Page 639 of Atv/ood)
AC Sv 32 Sd (Same as Cal 450 O but silver) [1 piece struck for Literary Ai^ard]
CANADA - BRITISH COLUMBIA
Vernon 825 (Reported by Harold V. Ford)
VERNON CITY BUS SERVICE (BUS) RES. PHONE 542-4840 [blue letters]
A Pw 33 Sd Good For One Fare [red letters] ["SERVICE" in script on Obv.] .25
CORRECTIONS TO SEPTEHBER 1975 FARE BOX
Cal 450 O - on Rev. delete "One" to make it read "Good For Round Trip"
111 551 A - Remove obsolete mark. Token still in use.
Ohio 700 - Correct city number for St. Bernard is 110 , not 700.
= NOTES BY RALPH FREIBERG =
We are listing some nev/ issues this month which have not yet been received the
New Issues Service, but which have been promised to us. But our first one is an old
token for Camden, Ark. I'm not certain when Ilr. Young joined up with Chidester on
this hack line, but possibly it was toward the end of the line's career.
Next the Sacramento senior or student token. I learned of this from the Meyer &
■Jenthe records and went to Sacramento to get a supply of them, as it's only 90 miles
frma here. The tokens had been put into use, but mixed up v;itii the old 23mm student
tokens. I would have been able to buy enough for the N.I.S. but to get 180 of the new
ones it would have been necessary, possibly, to buy 500 to 500 altogether. Tokens
were already in rolls, t;hich made it impossible to go thru and pick out the new ones.
I was told another supply was on the way and I left a stamped addressed envelope for
them to notify me v?hen they arrived. But I'm still vraiting. I decided to go ahead
and list tJie token as several have got out to collectors and some were on sale at our
Los Angeles Convention. I asked a member living nearby to see if he could get a sup-
ply for us. As for me, I am not inclined to spend another $11 round trip bus fare
and then have to buy a lot of older tokens no one wants in order to get enough of the
nev 7 ones. In March, 1975, they reduced the token rate from IS*? each to 20 for $2.50
and created a run on the tokens, V7hich may be used by either students or senior citi-
zens. You can buy an all-day pass for students or seniors by putting either 30<= or
two of these tokens into the fare box.
In last month's issue Mr. Coffee reported a new brass token for Philadelphia.
This v;as an error, however, as the token is ivhite metal, and is used along v;ith the
older 750 AO AP AO tokens. However, in this case we fortunately/ have supplies of both
the adult and student tokens of Philadelphia coming for our Neif Issues Service. By
the way, SEPTA definitely has ordered one million new Bicentennial tokens which will
go into use in January, 1976, and ive have also been promised a quantity of these for
N.I.S. These are being struck by Osborne of Cincinnati.
Duane Feisel found a couple of those rare old California zone checks in a collec-
tion he recently purchased, and it turned out they x/ere unlisted ones.
The Cairo, 111., token appears to be a companion to the already listed adult
token. These probably v/ere used on horsecars.
Gay Lipscomb obtained information on the Churubusco token from Virginia King.
In making the token they tried to abbreviate Churubusco Company and didn't do too
well. The name of the city itself is Churubusco, even though it does not look that
way on the token. Virginia King x/as in coimunication x/ith a former oxvner and x/as
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trying to find one of the tokens, but V7ith no success so far* This line operated in
the 1930 's and V7as known as the Star Bus Line, although this name is not on the tok-
en* The star in the center, however, is there to indicate the firm's name*
I am relisting the Blue Safety Coach token this month. This token v/as made by
Meyer & Wenthe in 1925, according to records now in our possession. Strange as it
seems x^hen I got on the trail of Ind 390 A, x^hich was listed X 7 ay back at $2 I went to
the company at Hammond, Ind., and got a supply of 390 A and also examined their for-
eign tokens and got ones of these Blue Safety Coach tokens! That should have alerted
me to the fact that I found the token in the right place, but at least it did make
me suspicious that the token should never have been listed in Indianapolis* Had I
known then x7hat I knox-; nox 7 I v/ould have looked around Indiana Harbor-- that was 20
years ago--and probably found more of these things! This incident is one more reason
why I continue to emphasize the iraportance of not rushing a token into a listing until
x^e knox7 for certain its correct attribution. So anyx^ay, the token formerly listed as
Ind 460 M is now listed as Ind 450 E*
As of October 24, we had not received the nev; Kansas City tokens, but they did
promise to send them and they have our check. When v/e first learned about the nexv
token X7e X'/ere told that they x^i^ere using the old 16mm tokens for adult fares. Joel
Reznick did some telephoning and learned that this new token is sold only to lox7 in-
come people, v;ho may purchase then at a reduced rate. After some eloquent persuasion
on Joel's part ICansas City agreed to sell us a quantity for collectors only, and we
anticipate their arrival momentarily.
Gay Lipscomb shox/ed us the new Middle toxm, OH, token at the Los Angeles Conven-
tion, and X7hen he returned home he was able to get a supply for us. As a matter of
fact he got a huge supply for us and vre x/on't run out of this one for a xvhile. Any
member not in the N.I.S* may order all he wants from Nicolosi. Check his ad this
issue. The tokens sell from the company for 35^ and are also sold to seniors for
only 25^ (the same token). Our thanks to Gay Lipscomb for getting these for us.
Mr. Lipscomb x^as selling the Ohio 165 G and H (Price's Inclined Plane) tokens at
the L.A. Convention and liad quite a fev; of them at his table. What only a couple of
us noticed then was that there x^ere differences on the OH 165 H. It seems that a few
of tlie 165 H exist with ornaments on them! So add sub varieties: (a) no ornaments
(vars.); (b) ornaments. I.e., there are also die varieties on the one without orna-
ments. The one with ornaments is pretty hard to get so far.
We're also listing a 16riua pattern for SEPTA, which V7as for sale at the auction at
Feisel's Pittsburgh show. Don't know V7hat it brought yet. Apparently SEPTA didn't
want the IGmm ones and chose the 20mm school and 23mm adult tokens instead.
Another Kelly Air Force Base token listed this month. Every two or three years
another ones shows up X7ith a different numloer.
Then the plated La Crosse tokens. We found these by accident when checking for
sorae other tokens from that area. We have been promised quantities of the plated to-
kens but so far they have not arrived, even though they have our check. It appears
the tokens were plated so the new management would know x^hich tokens were sold after
their takeover, and v/hich prior to their takeover. Speaking of La Crosse, I hope
some day to learn if Wis 360 G H I are really from La Crosse, or from Winona, Minn.
So far I don't know. I have also come to the conclusion that Wis 360 D and E were
made by different companies: the lined background by Scoville of Waterbury, CT, and
the plain background by Meyer & Wen the of Chicago.
There xvas a Delhi Pike near Cincinnati so we think possibly the Unid #152 and 138
are from that area.
The Presentation Piece for The Fare Box Literary Ax7ard X7as presented at the ban-
quet of our L.A. Convention to David E. Schenkman. Only one of them was made.
The Vernon, B.C*, token vjas reported to Harold Ford, and xve have obtained a sup-
ply for the New Issues Service.
A1 Zaika reports that he X7ent to Wildx-^ood, NJ, and learned that the Sightseer to-
kens are back in use at 3/$l, good for a 35<^ cash fare.
Prom the M&W records we know that a token inscribed RESO / BUS has been ordered,
aluminum ISmin. But don't knox; x-zhere it is from. Any ideas?
Richard Bright reports a new token will soon be in use at Reading, Pa., and he
will get us a supply.
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NOTE:
This supplement
to the Identifier
section of the At-
wood \s Cntalot^ of
United States to-
kens includes ail
tokens listed in
the Fare Box issues
up to and includinpi
the Auf^usi f975
issue.
It has been c/e-
siffned and printed
so that by cutting
on the dotted lines
and punching where
indicated it will fit
the loose leaf bind-
er many of you are
now using for your
catalog.
Dolled lines ap^
pearing as part o f
the description in-
dicate that there
is more to the dis-
crip (ion than ap-
pears in this Identi-
fier listing.
IDENTIFIER SUPPLEft*SE[«T
A A T A
ABC Cab Co- Torrey
^ ABC Cab Co, Mt. Pleasant Tenn
i A E Ion Austrian coin)
^ A V A Convention Aug. 91 1 M inneapolis-St.Paui
A Walk On Appt-igate's Pier
Acme Cab
Adult Centro C N Y Centro Inc,
"Airport" Limousine
Airportransit
Alameda ' Contra Costa Transit District.
Albany Livery and Bus Lino
ATs Taxi and Delivery Service
American Vecturist Association 1971 Seattle
American Vecturist Association 25 Silver.
Atlantic City Expressway
Atlantic Medical Center
B.M.H.S. Bus Fare
B. McCourt Bus Line One Trip
I). & P St. Ry. Co. Plymouth P. O.
Baitimore Harbor Tunnel M. T. A.
Baltimore Streetcar Museum
Bastrop Bridge Company
Bay Area Elec. Railroad Assn.
Bear Valley
Bells Lane Lines
Blue White Bus Line
Blue & White Bus Lines B&W
Blue Moon Cab Co. Oakland, Calif,
Bornscheuer Bus Co. Inc.
Boston Harbor Excursion
Bridgewater Cab
Bristol ' Norton Bus Line
Bristo I T raction Co.
Broad Causeway Florida
Brooklyn Heights Toole Bridge Co.
Brown and Caldwell Buss and Baggage Transfer Co.
Budget Rent-A-Car
Buell and Harper ... Ree Heights So. Dak.
Bunola Bus Line
Bu rns Transportation Co.
Bus Token HI
California Railway Museum
Capital Transit District
Central Arkansas Transit
Champaign-U rbana Mass Transit DisT.
Chittenden C. T. A.
Cin, & Cov. Ferry Company
Cincinnati Motor Bus Co,
Cincinnati Transit Half Fare HaH Fare
Cleve's Taxi Good For One Ride
City Bus Sys. Bristol, Va. - Tenn.
City Cab Co. Blackwell, Okla
City Clipper Hastings
City ol Anchorage
'"‘v City of Elgin Transportation
, City of Omaha Public Works Dept Bridge Token
^ City of South Lake Tahoe
City of Terre Haute
City of Walnut Creek
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A
Ann Arbor M I
Unidentified List
Miscellaneous TN
Arapahoe CO
Minneapolis MN
Atlantic City NJ
Unidentified List
Syracuse NY
Zone Checks C A
Los Angeles CA
Patterns CA
Albany Wl
Miscellaneous NH
Seattle WA
Golden CO
Pleasantviile NJ
Atlantic I A
Harrisburg PA
Unidentified List
Zone Checks M A
Baltimore MD
Baltimore MO
Bastrop TX
R io V ista CA
Bear Valley CA
Patterns KY
Unidentified List
Watts CA
Miscellaneous CA
Co plaque NY
Boston MA
Miscellaneous VA
N <.> r t o n V A
Patterns CT
Bay Harbor F L
inidentified List
Unidentified List
Miscellaneous HI
Miscellaneous SO
Bunola PA
Burras OR
Unidentified List
Rio Vista CA
Albany NY
Little Rock AR
Chanpaign IL
Burlington VT
Cincinnati OH Civil War Tokens
Cincinnati OH
Cincinnati OH
Unidentified List
Bristol TN
Miscellaneous OK
Hastings NB
Anchorage AK
Elgin IL
Omaha NB
Lake Tahoe CA
Terre Haute IN
Walnut Creek CA
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IDENTIFIER SUPPLEMENT
City Transit Co. Inc. JonfiSboro, Ark.
Cot lege & Medical A^eas
Corrio Harriet Streetcar Line — ..
Consolidated Street Railways Pico Rjvera
Conti & Rue Bus Line
Cov. & Cin, Ferry Company
Patterns AR
Cambriciite MA
Minneapolis MIM
Miscellaneous CA
Monongahala PA
Cincinnati OH Civil War Tokens
D S Li Electric Railway
Dan Ros.. Buss Hack & Transfer
Day's Taxi Rockwood Tenn.
Dean's Blue Cab
Delaware Rive* Joint Toll Bridge Coinmission
Delaware River Port Authority
Dental & Medical Areas
Discover Flying in a Piper....
Douglas Auto Stage
Downtown Hartford ....
Downtown Merchants Token
Duke Power Company High Point
Dayton OH
Blue Earth MN
Mi.-cellanooiis TN
Mrscellaoivous IN
Delaware River Bridges PA
Cambridge NJ
Cambridge MA
Miscehaneous PA
Unidemified List
HoJ tford CT
Poughkeepsie NY
High Point NC
E. Emigh Merry Go Round
Erhards Ferry 5t
Eureka Jitney Co.
Unidentified List
Bastrop TX
Eureka CA
F D L Area Transit Fond du Lac Wl
Fare Paid Thru 3 Zone Auch Patterns PA
Flash Taxi Service Miscellaneous AK
Fitzsimon's Taxi Co, L.C. Conner Aurora CO
Fondy Area Bus FonJUu Lac Wl
For a Pilot .... Aircraft Dealers Miscellaneous PA
Fork Union Taxi .... Fork Union VA Miscellaneous VA
Fred Hensel Transfer Line Sheboycfan Wl
Good For A Free Ride in a New .... Miscellaneous Ml
Good For A Free Ride .... Smith Regal Flying Service Miscellaneous NC
Good For 5^ in F un Carnival Rides Miscellaneous MB
Good For Toward Cab Fare .... Chester Miscellaneous PA
Good For 5^ Toward Cab Fare .... Washburn Miscellaneous PA
Good For Free Stage Coach Ride fit Drink Aurora CO
Good For 1 Ride at Stock's New Orleans LA
Good For One Fare Red Bus Lino Unjdentiliud List
Good For One 15<f Fare Unidentified List
Good For One Local Zone Ride Unidentified List
Good For One Ride Gillette Advancernent Ass'n. Gillette Wi
Good For One Ride tO Unidentified List
Good For One Ride to or From Exchange Hotel Waco TX
Good For One Way Fare on tho Hustler Unidentdied List
Good on Kiddie Ride Only Amusement Ride
Good Only on North Side Bridge Fool Pass. Pittsburgh PA
Grand Forks St. Ry. Co. Patterns ND
Greater Lafayette Bus Co. Inc. - Lafayette IN
Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Lalayi^ttc IN
Greyctiff C. A. Wlihams Mi:fcej!aneous ME
H. & L. T.P.Co. Unidentified List
H. N. J, Bus Fare Harr:sbLirg PA
Haines Taxi Miscellanoous AK
Henderson City Railway Henderson KY
Hertz Miscellaneous CA
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IDENTIFIER SUPPLEMENT
Highland Park and Fruit Vale R.R. Oakland CA
Highways 34 and 81 West Prairie Village South Dakota Madison SD
Hilltop Transit Incorp Unidentified List
Holden's Hack Line New Lexington OH
Holiday School Transportation Moorhead Moorhead MN
Holy Trinity School Bus Unidentified List
Hotel Taxtcs Vinton lA
Housa tonic R-R. Section No. 14 Great Barrington MA
J. A. Hays Livery & Transfer
Jackson Transportation Co.
Jewel Cab Service
Jim's Taxi Broadway VA
Unidentified List
Jackson Ml
Washington DC
Miscellaneous VA
K C I
Kaycee
Kelly Cab Co Killeen Texas
Ken's Around The Clock Taxi Service
Ken's 24 Hour Taxi Service
Kansas City Airport MO
Unidentified List
Miscellaneous TX
Patterns / Miscellaneous MA
Miscellaneous MA
L.M.Curd & Son Limousine Service Inc. Miscellaneous CA
L R P S One Ride Unidentified List
Lake Drive Transit, Inc Tacoma WA
Landmark Services Inc, Washington DC
Litton's Transfer Chillicothe MO
Lou's Taxi Miscellaneous NH
Luzerne County Transportation Authority Wilkes-Barre PA
M.B.L. One Ride Mansfield OH
M. Dennis Proprietor Sedan Hoss Cafe Sedan KS
M T C Good For One Bus Fare St. Cloud MN
Manistee, Filer City & Eastlake R'y. Co. Manistee Ml
Manson Wiman Vashon WA
Mariposa Taxi Miscellaneous CA
Mass Transit Administration Baltimore MD
McBride Transfer Good For One Ride Unidentified List
McVay Livery Co. Cab Line Unidentified List
Memphis Street Railway Co. Patterns TN
Metro 1973 Washington DC
Metro T M Washington DC
Metro Transit Baton Rouge, La. Baton Rouge LA
Merry-Go-Round E. Emigh Unidentified List
Mike's D Moon Cab Miscellaneous CA
Mike's Moon Cab Miscellaneous CA
Milt's Float'n Bus Somerset W1
Mountain Home Cab Co Miscellaneous AR
Mt, Hope Bridge Division Bristol R1
Myers Hotel Bus Line < Unidentified List
Myers Taxi and Bus Line Unidentified List
N.F.B. Comm. Niagara Falls NY
New Albany Str. R'y Co. One Fare New Albany (N
1972 Convention Chicago Union IL
Nite Owl Taxi Miscellaneous NJ
Northfield Mount Hermon School £. Northfieid MA
Notre Dame School Unidentified List
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IDERiTIFIER SUPPIE!\^ENT
Ogden City Railway Co. Ogden UT
Ogden Meadows Victory Bus Van Couver WA
One Fare Brown & Gray Cab & Baggagej Line Ottawa KS
One Fare G \ B Grosse lie / Patterns Ml
1 Fare Shut! Club Macomb IL
One Fare The (.ong Island Rail Road Elmont WY
One Free Bus Ride Downtown StocMon Stockton CA
One Free Ride With Marx A, Flourney Chicago IL
1 Horse Single Trip Hatch's to Delphi Unidentified List
One Way Transportation .... Construction Company Aberdeen WA
Opera Swings in Colorado Springs Colorado Spr ings CO
Overton Transfer Unidernified List
P.H. Buss Good For 1 Ride Unidentified List
P.H. Harrington 1 he Best Land on Earth MrsceHaneous MN
Pacific Electric Merry Go Round Long Beach CA
Pacific Grove Mini-Monarch Pacific Grove CA
Pacific Locomotive Association Rrchmond / Pattern CA
Pacific Steamer Miscelianeous CA
Pasadena City Lines, Inc, East Los Angeles CA
Pascal For Senate .... Glenn Burnie MD
Pass One Thru Unidentified Lrs!
"Pat" Chapel Hill Courtesy Token Chapel-Hill NC
Peoria Livery Co. Peoria IL
Pioneer Cab MiscellaneoLcs AK
Plymotnh Coach Co. Zone Checks Ml
Port Washington Narrows Bridge Project Patterns WA
Prof . Flavio Silva Unidentified List
Public Service Railway Co. Patterns NJ
Pugh s Taxi UnicL^niificd J.ist
Queerrsboro Bricitje Ry. Co. inc. NY fOueensI NY
R. Fasquelle Autobuses Unidentified List
R. I.P, T. A. Providence Rl
RTS Good For One Adult Fare Rochester NY
Rwt Auto Stage Line S. L. Ely MV
Return Check on Bus Line Arapaho Norve!! Untdentified List
Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority Newport Rl
Richmond San Rafae! Bridge Bus San Raiael CA
Ridgefield 1 axi Miscellaneous CT
Russian River Ferry Artchorage AK
Route 46 Taxi Miscellaneous NJ
S. & N. Transit Co. Sunbury PA
Salisbury's Bus Lines Salisbury MD
Salisbury Transit Salisbury MD
Salisbury Transit Co. Salisbury, Mo I error I Salisbury MO
San Antonio Transit System San Antonio TX
San Luis Obispo City Bus Token San Luis Obispo CA
Shelburne Properties Atlantic City NJ
Sherman City Street Railway Sherman TX
Shuttle Club Macomb IL
Simmons Bus Line MilledgeviMc GA
Sioux City Trarrsit System Sroux City lA
Skylark Flying Service Detroit City Airport Miscellaneous Ml
Sloan Bros Unidentified List
Southern California Rapid Transit District Los Angeles CA
Souvenir Bus Token St. Petersburg FL
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IDENTIFIER SUPPLEWIEWT
St. Pat's School Bus Toledo OH
Stan's Taxi Middleburv VT Miscellaneous VT
Star Bus Cornpany, Inc Zone Checks WV
Stendall Land and Investment Co. Miscellaneous MN
Sterling Bus Line Litchfield MH
Student Centro CM Y Centro (nc Syracuse NY
Supreme Taxi Service C Cambridge MA
Susquehanna Coal Co. Nanticoke PA
Syracuse Transit Corporation Oswego NY
T.B.Todd The Man .... Two Green Buses Somerset W!
T. J. Mahoney Villa Grove CO
T. P, R- - 1 - Fare Unidentified List
Terhune's Yellow Bus Line Scottsbluff NB
Testing Token Manufacturer's Samples
The Big Indian Boat Lines La Crosse W1
The Conn. Co. Hartford Hartford CT
The Goal J.B.Larkin Prop. Miscellaneous CA
The Green Line Covington KY
The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority Ill.State Highways IL
The Miami Beach Railway Co. Miami Beach FL
Thompsontown 8. C. 2A Thompsontown PA
Token Worth 15i Towards a Ride on a LaCrosse .... Miscellaneous WI
Toledo & Western R. R. Co. Adrian Ml
Trader Amusement Park San Jose San Jose CA
Transfer Return Check 1 Bert Frank Unidentified List
Triple Cities Traction Corp. Patterns NY
Tucson Transit System Tucson AZ
Twin City Cab .... Fuquay - Varina NC Miscellaneous NC
Twin City Coach Lines, Inc. Unidentified List
Twin Town Taxi Miscellaneous ME
U. ofC. J.H.Kjntz Bus Line Unidentified List
United Traction Co, Patterns Rl
Utica Transit Utica NY
Va. Beach - Expressway Norfolk NR Norfolk VA
Vacaville Fiesta Celebration Vacaville CA
WAP & B Center T, P. Wapakoneta OH
W W Camden NJ
Waldport Ferry One Auto Waldporte OR
Wapak & Bellcentre Pike Wapakoneta OH
Washington County Fair Miscellaneous OR
Waterloo Omnibus Co. S.Shilliam Waterloo I A
Waterloo Omnibus Co. S.Shilliam, Prop. Unidentified List
Webbs Stone Livery Barn Sedan KS
West Greenville Cab Co Greenville S.C Miscellaneous SC
Western County Transportation Token White Plains NY
White's Taxi Miscellaneous ME
Wichita MTA Wichita KS
Winston^alem Transit Auth, Winston-Salem NC
Wooden Nickel Burke Homecoming Burke S.Dak. Miscellaneous SD
Wooden Nickel Gwynn Oak Park Baltimore MD
Woods Run & McKees Rocks Ferry Co. Pittsburgh PA
Worcester Bus Company Worcester MA
Worcester Street Rwy Co Patterns MA
Worth $5.00 on Purchase of Valley .... Miscellaneous CA
Wm. Vavvter's Bus Line Hillsboro IL
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IDENTIFIER SUPPLEP.^ENT
Wye Taxf
X Line
Miscellaneous AK
Xenia OH
Yager's Livery St. Anthony 10
Yellow Cab Bus Boulder CO
Yellow Cab .... The Thinking Fellow Calls A Yellow Sioux Falls SD
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moom SUPPLI31ENT TO THE CATALOGUE OF OAR vi^ASH TOKENS
By Harold V. Ford
-Page. 147'
ILLINOIS
SoieiHlle 762 (M&w)
GOOD FOR 5 MIN. AT HAPTON PARK CAR WASH
A WM 27 Sd (Sefspra) (XM 1/29/69)
ROMEO VILLE, ILL.
.50
KENTUCKY
ISenderson 570 (M&.W)
GOOD OIILY AT SOPSPRA CAR WASH IN IIENDERSON AND SEBREE
KENTUCKY
A WM 27 Sd (Sofspra) .50
MICHIGAN
Lexingi'oi). 572 (McKelvey)
KINSLEY’S SOPSPRA 54-21 MAIN STITEET LEXINGTON
MICHIGAN
A 0 WM 27 Sd (Sofspra) (IM 1966) .50
MINNESOTA
Wadena 920 (M&W)
GOOD ONLY AT E & B SOFSPRA HWY #10 W WADENA, MINN.
A WM 27 Sd (Sofspra)(vars, ) .50
ObY. # '
a. angles to the left (5M 5/23/66)
b, angles te the right (5M 10/l3/69)
MISSOURI
Loui's 910 (Clapper)
GOOD FCR-5-MINUTES AT SOFSPRA 964-5 NATURAL BRIDGE ROAD
E 0 WM 27 Sd (Sefspra) 1.50
NEW YORK
Schenectady 850 (Eaidre)
WOODLAWN SOFSPRA 2015 STATE ST. AT SHIRLEY DR.
SCHENECTADY, N.Y.
A WM 27 Sd (Sofspra) 1.00
Webster 957 (M&W)
GOOD F0R-5-MINUTES AT SOFSPRA WEBSTER, N.Y.
A WM 27 Sd (Sefspra) (IM 4-/12/65) .50
NORTH CAROLINA
Clemmons 175 ( M&.V^ )
GOOD ONLY AT SOFSPRA OAR WASH OPEN 24- HOURS
CLEMMONS SHOPPING CENTER
A WM 27 Sd (6ofspra)(Yars.) (Rev. COIN-OP) -50
a. l/rnm, n® circled R in lege (IM 7/26/65)
b, 13miB, circled R in leg© (IM 1/28/72)
OHIO
^eiherville 723 (M&W)
H & A TEXACO CAR WASH 165BIERLEY AVE. PEMBERVILLE, OHIO
A WM 27 Sd (Sofspra) (IM 2/9/70) .50
SOUTH DAKOTA
Pierre (M&W)
GOOD P0R-5-MINUTES AT SOFSPRA CAR WASH PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA
A WM 27 Sd (Sofspra) (IM 6/28/65) .50
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UT4H
Faffgultcli 560 (M\0
GOOD FOH 5 MINUTES AT SGENICI.AND SOFSPRA CAR WASH
PANGUITGH, UTAH
A WM 27 Sd (Sefspra) (IM 7/10/69) ‘50 ^
WASH INGTON
Ephrata 285 (Super)
JOLLY I»yS, INC* EPRRATA, WASH.
A WM 2? Sd (Sofspra)
Lyaden 500 (M&W)
&OCI) FOR 5 MIN. AT LYNLEN SOFSPRA 210 FRONT ST.
LINDEN, WASH.
A WM 27 Sd (Safspra) (IM 7/2/69) >50^
OAR WASH CHAIN STOCK T0K15N 400 (KnoUloch)
AT SOFSPRA SPECIALTIES, INC.
C ® WM 27 Sd Sofspra) 1.00
The above listings are all the Sofspra type. I was able to obtain
specisens by writing to those priced at 50^ even though most Sofspra
issues are probably obsolete at this ti»e.
In order to conplete this page I an listing a few of a newer type of
issue which has replaced the Scfspra type. All could be had by writing
and sending a quarter plus a SASE.
IOWA
Ui's^oines 500 (M&W)
DEWEY FORD
RYKO CAR WASH
DES
MOINES, IOWA
B Bz 26 Sd Meter-All
Dallas Texas
(IM
1/10/75)
.35
Ottumwa 740 (M&W)
HOME OIL CAR
A Bz 26 Sd Meter-All
WASH
Dallas Texas
(5M
4/20/75)
.55
LOUISIANA
SMicead 520 ( M&W )
OAK STREET CAR WASH HAMMOND, LA.
A Bz 26 Sd Meter-All Dallas Texas (IM 7/18/74) .55
MIC HIGAN
Bay-'Clty 065
CAR WASH VILLAGE 11 S. EUCLID BAY CITY, MICH.
G o Bz 26 Sd Ketar-All Dallas Texas
Report new car wash listings to; Harold V. Ford
SS^il Saroni Drive
Oakland, Ca. 94611
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U S. CIVIL WAR
STORE CARDS
Secohd Edition
ol
SeCs^rid Ed.ii.:j.c>n of Gcorqe aiiC/ Molvi,n riu.d*s U.
Civil War Storf:; Cards
c nj.y tJiree yi,:a.ri> alUf^r t:iu:: .Afte::d:s t.o the tELqnif i canccj of tlxe work
fho qrowiru! numlxii of :ipoc:la.ll.:jr:^ j.jj tiho
ii Wai Tokf^iU^ were i.s^iued by the
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the two typos (Vstr.icoie aiid btore Cards), fru^ Cards tiial: are the subject of this
voiuiViO were cy j.udi /Iduai merciViia..s in a qreati xiuiaber oi: cities and towns primarily
i :j make chanot^ i!or Uit ii: cantor>icrs as reqdti ar U-S. coiuaae disappeared from circulation
thr:SO years. Tn.i:; odirion include b every thing iri the .first edition plus a great, num-^
box. of eorroot-ioar? ano additi^:nr:v wlxicU iiavo been pubXisiied in periodicals since 1972.
onaily , iti sc-ovc riris Labuiated hy Jon Harris from the collection of. the American
UumisHiai. i i^kKriety have rcr^rnit.ed nt: t.ho end of the voXiimo from a pamphlet recently
pnl / J i -;nofi i>y IJti: c.i.v’^i.X War ‘rokeu Sr^cii'ty. A now foreword .Introducing the edition has been
added nv i:fio pni)iisher and the vaiua fieri f.abie has been updated by the authors.
'b:A;^ iiircU>aundr 704']>ag<* jr^cond Edition is a iiOociislLy for alj of tiiose who still lack
the iU-iai.nal. edition* now oul: of. punt. pac r iauirun tj o^dition has been si.gnif icantly re-
bivjod ill si'oc from the orjqutij H- 1/2 x lb’ to a i«andv h x 8-1/2'’ sxzb the process
lito rodncqB Uit typt: to a s(i’»nil ti.ze not Bui. tabic ioi iiioso with limited eyesight ability,
ihis ir'-o. cont:ain‘^ fiunisorsds of iIXus trat ioxts and is Uie definitive work on the subject.
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will" TRADE ILL 95 E (listed tills month) Cairo City Railway; Cal 745 N; la 380 I; Neb
700 D; unlisted tramway of Karlovask "Greek Horsecar Token 20"; Italy 600 A B; Wis
511 A; Neb 540 O; damaged la 350 I; Pa 65 A; Minn 750 C; timetables G P; la 3850 A.
WANTED: laSSOABDEFG. Name your trade.
Pat Morgan Box 3282 ;;; Sioux City, lA 51102
MY 3 DIFF. ELONGATED COIN PERSONAL TOKENS, all rolled on 1971 Lincoln cents (1036 A
1873 San Francisco cable car) (1036 B old Chicago horsecar) (1036 C modern S.F. cable
car) all mounted in elongated coin holders 2x2. 75^ each or the 3 for $2, nov7 obsolete
gj^arles Mueller ~ 3746 So. Bast Avenue ~ Berwyn, IL 60402
FOR SALE: Pa 850 D, $3 each, or Pa 375 A for $1 each.
Charles V. McKee Pox 9 = Fenelton, PA 16034
WOULD LIKE TO EXCHANGE SWAP LISTS WITH other collectors.
Gene Godsoe - 310 West Fourth VJinston-Salem, NC 27101
TT's FOR SALE AT 25<? EACH plus postage: ID 260 D I, 960 A; Ohio 355 A B, 450 C E F H,
330 D, 860 E F G H; Okla 590 C, 640 C D; Ore 700 G; Pa 25 E, 70 A, 263 A, 605 H, 660
A, 705 ABC, 750 AA AF AH AO AR; 765 S, 350 C, 930 C, 940 B. Will trade any one (1)
of the following for one (1) token: poison labels (a bunch) OR a box of Eversharp pen™
cil leads OR 25 diff. canceled postage stamps.
Claude G. Thompson ^ 3757 Kipling Ave. So. . - ~ Minneapolis, M 55416
CENSUS TT, SD 370 A, also ID GOcTDa, will trade for Mich. TT’s that I need. Car Wash
token of Lexington, Mich., X’/ill trade for any PT or CNT from Mich, that I can use.
My nev 7 Bicentennial personal is yours for SAE.
Don R. McKelvey 3 2822 19th Avenue ;; Port Huron, MI 48060
WILL TRADE ONE MRA Centennial Shooting Jamboree ribbon year 1971 from Grants Pass, OR
for one D.A.V. }:ey tag mini license plate or send me a dog tax tag (no vaccine please)
and I'll send you a transp, token. Older a more unusual tags get better tokens.
Virginia King R 6, Rd 650 W Colurdtia City, IN 46725
COLLECTOR ^^ANTS TO BUY AMUSEMENT TOKENS, numbered tokens, tokens ivith letters on each
side, merchant v;ithout city, any foreign tokens.
Kenneth E. Smith - 323 A venue F
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
SEND SAE FOR TWO-PAGE LIST of tokens for trade; please send your list.
James D. Hemphill - 5835 S.W. Col by Court Lake Oswego, OR 97034
TRADE OR SALE:
DC 500 AJ; Fla 530 F,
J . H . Roy
Cal 275 P, 700 A, 703 A, 845 G; Col 260 P O, 600 A; Conn 30 A, 210 A;
620 A B; Ohio 750 A; Pa 515 B.
10201 Christophe Colomb ;; Montreal, Quebec
FOR SALE OR TRADE: One set only, Pa 675 BCD, Need good Calif, tokens, or ??? Best
offer end of month gets it. — Sol Halpern — 1032 N. Screenland — Burbank, CA 91505
FOR AUCTION: Minn 620 C; Mo 997 A C D E F; NC 770 B; Ohio 10 A, 15 B, 175 W Y Z, 520
A, 750 A; Pa 150 B, 165 E, 400 C, 725 D, 750 G, 765 P; Wash 250 E; one complete set
of Pa 997 A thru 0, min. bid $50. Some postage appreciated.
Roice V. Rider * - 1523 Bailey St^ - L ansing, MI 48910
I HAVE TT AND PT to trade for PT, ny want-list for yours.
Gordon Wold - Route 1, Box 189 ^
Princeton, MN 55371
WILL TRADE FOR ANY TOKEN I CAN USE; Col 60 A B C, 140 D F, 260 A D(2) E H J, 340 B D
E, 460 E, 620 A, 760 D K; Ind 690 A (33), 730 B (3), D (37).
George H. Sanders
1570 So, Ouieto Ct.
Denver, CO 80223
BULK TRADES ’’on A 5 for 1, 2 for 1, and
Sam Ruqqeri P.O.
1 for 1, basis.
Box 145
Write for details. SAS helps.
Canton, OH 44701
MAIL BID: Ohio 165 K L M N G H, 15 B, 230 M, 10 M, 410 B; Pa 495 G H I L, 25 A C D,
750 W, 340 E; Va 620 J L, 600 C; Wis 170 D; Ky 135 A; Utah 750 C; SD 680 B; SC 240 C;
VJash 340 D; Wa 640 A; Quebec 620 X.
Stanley L. Buckley 23 18th Street :: Newport, KY 41071
FOR TRADE; 111 285 H; Ky 560 D; Ohio 700 A B; DC 500 AM; A.R.M.T. 101 J.
Bob Kelley 6315 Parkview ; Mason, OH 45040
FOR SALE PLUS POSTAGE: Cal 615 C,25'i:; CT 210 C 45 ^} Ga 60 U, 2 vars. 75<?; IL 270 E
40<:, 535 B 409 , 551 A 40<?; Minn 80 A 75<:; NH 615 A 40<?; NY 35 I J K, 695 F H, all 40<|:
each; Ohio 565 A at catalogue, all you v/ant; 770 A B 35<: ea; 985 A 35<:; Pa 875 B 65^,
940 B 15^, 985 J 45<f:, K 359 ; RI 700 K 35*?; Tenn 20 D $1.15, E 80<:, 700 I 45<i:; V.I.
1000 A 25*?, B 35<=, C 25*?; parking S car wash tokens for trade; still available, all
1000* s listed last month. = J. Nicolosi - 3002 Galindo St. — Oakland, CA 94601
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FOR TRADE; two Nevada 100 A, five 100 B, and six 100 C. Uiliing to trade individually
or as a set or lot. - Mra. Friese - 9334 Cromwell Drive - Pittsburgh, PA 15237
OLD ISSUES OF THE FARE BOX: Lot #1 covers July 1961 thru Dec. 1963; Lot #2 covers
1964-67; Lot #3 covers 1969-Oct, 1973, Each lot is $9, I pay postage. Supplement
to 1958 Atvrood's (to Jan. 1963) and Suppleraents #2 and #4 to 1963 Atwood's; all 3 for
$4 postpaid. NEVA NEWS #1 thru #15 (1963-66), $3 postiTaid. Fabulous reading.
Frederick A, Kramer ^ 932 Woodmere Drive ^ Westfield, NJ 07090
MY SINCEREST THANKS AND APPRECIATION to you all for the thoughtful phone calls and
get-i>;ell cards. FOR SALE: Koch Realty Co. token, Good For $50, building lot and free
auto trip, $3 pp. Will also trade for other real estate tokens or TT's with SO"? cat.
value. = Al Zaika - P.O, Box 65 ^ Bellma^vr , NJ 08030
FOR SALE; Minn 50 L M N 0 at SO*? each; 70 A B at 40<? each; 90 A at 30<:, 120 A at 30<:,
100 A at 30<:, 190 B C at 30<: each, 210 A D C at 30<!: each, 230 G K K 0 T at 30<: each,
290 3 at 30<:, 300 B at SOt, 410 B at 309, 510 D 309, 520 B 309, 540 F G I J K L (X
varieties) AD, at 709, AC at 609, AD at 509, AE at $1.25, AF at 309. SAE please.
Floyd 0. Barnett 5425 Portland Ave. ;;; Minneapolis, liN 55417
FOR SALE; Ohio 10 B and G at double catalogue plus postage. I also need your parking
token dupe list you have for sale or trade.
William L. Carr ;; 2648 Pelton Avenue ;;; Akron, OH 44314
BELGERN, GERMANY 50 pfennig notgeld 1917 uncirculated but slight rust. Lamb #33.6 for
your 10 diff. TT's. A fei^ otliers are also available. Write
Dan Rusnak - Box 327 ^ Sparks, MV 89431
SEND UP TO 25 DIFF. PARKING TOKENS and receive 25 diff. in return. Will send 2 diff,
for each Parcoa reverse type sent.
Marvin E. Simon 10 Gallup St. ;; Westerly, RI 02891
TICKETS FOR TRADE - Short Line Co." of Penna., served Chester County, Pa., tickets for
fare frora Oxford to West Chester for trade for any common TT plus SAE,
S tanley Heist ^ 1422 Manley Rd. ;; West Chester, PA 19380
SPECIAL TO NEWER COLLECTORS; 100 diff. TT's all in 2x2 envelopes and catalogued for
only $15.00 + 759 towards postage & insurance. For the more economical collector the
same 100 tokens in bulk for only $12.50 + 509 towards postage & insurance.
P aul Tarqonsky 23 Harrison St. Meriden, CT 06450
WYOMING WANTED: need merchant and transp. tokens from Wyoming. Will buy or trade.
Leon R. Corpuz, Jr. ;; P.O. Box 374 - Sinclair, WY 82334
FOR TRADE; TT's to exchange for Mich. TT's, PT's or merchant tokens. Would apprec-
iate your list, = Paul Thompson - 1805 Lyons Ave. ;;; Lansing, Ml 48910
WILL TRADE 25 DIFF. Dominican Republic stamps (including one Special Delivery) for
your 5 diff. TT's. Also trade ten diff. Christmas Greeting stamps or 10 diff. Easter
seal stamps for your 4 diff. transp. tokens.
Pedro C. Rosario - 220 St. J.A. #13, 3rd E t. Country Club ~ Rio Piedras, PR 00924
SELL TEN DIFF. TT's or 7 diff, parking for dollar +SAE^ Trade 10 diff. parking or
TT's for same +SAE. 50 mixed TT's & PT's for v.g. silver dollar.
Joe Studebaker - 2614 Legare St. - Beaufort, SC 29902
MAVERICK #52 - Charlie Chaplin Jitney token, shown on page 621 of Atwood. If you need
it I would appreciate your offer in cash. Please write to
Morton H. Dawson — 132 VJhiting Lane ~ West Hartford, CT 06119
FOR SALE: Pa 725 I and J, both for $1.00 + EASE.
R. Grant earner ;; R.D. 2, Box 112 Oil City, PA 16301
THE NEW SPORTS SCHEDULE TOKENS for the current football and basketball seasons should
be out. Send me one, or one from an earlier year, and I’ll send your choice of any
group; 2 TT's, 3 tax, 3 OPA, 1 advertising token, or 1 sports schedule token.
J.W. Baum 2 3113 N. Arkansas Ave. ^ Wichita, KS 67204
liAVE SMALL SUPPLY OF RARE NC 700 A for best trade or cash offers. Also have Tenn 250
A for trade or for sale at $6.00; 111 785 A @ $3; Cal 760 J 13 $2.50, K @ $2.50.
Bill Garrison - 9505 Normandy Avenue - Morton Grove, IL 60053
FOR BEST TRADE IN TT’s; Mass. Parking Authority Vice Chairman badge.
P.R. Pearson - 11937 Darlington Avenue 3 Los Angeles, CA 90049
FOR TRADE: my personal token for yours. If you have more than one type I will send 5
diff. TT's (my choice) for each type.
Page Mann 484 Catesby Lane ;; Williamsburg, VA 23185
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FOR TRADE; Sioux City, lovra 3850 A for Iowa TT's 30 C, 110 B C, 310 A B, 390 C, 590 B,
640 A C I R, 050 B J, 890 B.
Robert Lubetkin - 3660 Grand •* Des Moines, lA 50312
AUCTION (postage & insurance + bid): lov/a 730 D; Kans 940 N; Mo 370 D; Neb 540 P;
Ohio 440 E, 520 A, 060 N; Pa 515 3, 725 D H; 640 A.
John H, Wilcox ;;; Letter Carrier Rte j)283 North Brunswick, NJ 08902
TRADE OREGON 3830 A for one of Oregon TT's: 160 L, 800 B, or 880 B. Will also trade
3 merchants tokens for 3 of your merchants tokens with tovm & state.
Frank Kelley ^ P.O. Box 2515 - Harbor, OR 97415
PARKING TOKENS, 43 different, only $7.76 postpaid. Transp. tokens, 100 different,
catalogue up to $1, only $13.60 prepaid.
Bill Williges - Box 445 - X^eatland, CA 95692
WAJJTED: Mass 115 J, 445 A, 505 A B. FOR SALE: list of tokens available; also list of
railroad/trolley items. Both available for stamped addressed envelope.
Kevin Farrell - 7 Brown Street ^ North Billerica, MA 01862
FOR SALE TO HIGHEST BIDDER: Pa 765 F; Fla 310 A; Ohio 10 M; Mich 845 E Q; Pla 860 A.
Marie A. Johnson Route 2 ^ Clinton, MI 49236
COLLECTION OF 2,345 TT's, consisting of horsecar, streetcar, bridge, toll road and
airplane tokens. Price $1,050. Inventory available if you pay copy cost for 17 pages
Ken Hayes ;;; 4411 Morgan Territory Road - Clayton, CA 94517
WANTED: the following Pennsylvania transp. tokens - Pa 15 A,D, 55 A, 165 A B, 195 A
D J, 255 A, 280 A D, 340 A B, 355 A, 375 A, 405 A, 425 C D, 455 A F G H, 463 A, 485 A,
525 A thru L, 526 FA, 675 A.
Norman L. Fischer ;;; 501 Mattliew Road 2 Harrisburg, PA 17109
FEISEL'S CATALOGUE OF PARKING TOKENS OF THE vroRLD, 2nd ed., 264 pages, available
cloth-bound or loose-leaf. Price $8 postpaid to members. ($10 to others)
Duane H. Feisel P.O. Box 1302 ;;; Los Altos, CA 94022
ATWOOD'S CATALOGUE OF U.S. & CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION TOKENS, 3rd ed. 1970, 731 pages
buckram-bound or loose-leaf, price $8 to members ($12 to others) postpaid.
1973 SUPPLEMENT to the Atv/ood Catalogue, 40 pages cardboard cover, updates the Atwood
thru May 1973, price $1.50 postpaid,
CAR mSH TOKENS 1974, a catalogue by H.v. Ford & J.M, Coffee, 120 pages cloth-bound,
price $4.50 to members ($7,50 to others) postpaid,
PERSONAL TOKENS OF VECTURISTS, just out, cardboard cover, price only $1 postpaid.
American Vecturist Assn. 2 P.O. Box 1204 2 Boston, MA 02104
= ALL AUCTJOtJS I.'V THIS ISSUE CLOSE UOUEMBER 22 =
APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP
1576 LEON R. CORPUZ, JR. - BOX 374 - SINCLAIR, WYOMING 82334
Age 39; Chemical Enqineer. Collects U.S. {Co{i^2.Q.]
1577 BRUCE SCHADLER - 1071' SYLVAN DRIVE - BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN 49022
Age 33; Teacher. Collects U.S,
1578 ALFRED E. BARKER - 2501 DATE CIRCLE - TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA 90505
Age 51; Aerospace. Collects U.S. (H.P, ConnCA)
1579 FREDRiC G. MANTEI - BOX iOO, BUSHWICK STATION - NEW YORK, NY 11221
Age 57; Banker. Collects all types. (SchiMttz)
1580 HARRY F. CAMPBELL - 1419 WEST INDIANA AVENUE - SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84104
Age 38; Self-employed. Collects U.S, ?< Canada. (f/avu4l
CHANGE OF ADDRESS (* indicates contribution to Address Plate Fund)
* Dee D. Drell - 2015 Albert Street - Alexandria, Louisiana 71301
* Gordon Fitzgerald - 13207 Vanowen Street - Reseda, California 91335
* George W, Jacobs - Box BQ - Cullowhee, North Carolina 26723
Advertisements in THE FARE BOX are free to A.V.A. members. Up to 6 lines every issue
if you wish. Simply urite your ad on a postcard or separate sheet, with name S ad-
dress, and mail it to the Editor, It will go into the next issue automatically .
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NE'W ISSUES EDITOR EDITOR
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Now Issues Service Parking Tokens
J0JJJV G. JVIC0Ii03I DGTIjSE K. EHIgEIl
Pakland, <CalifoTnia Altos, 'Califoma
Volume 29, Number 11 NOVEMBER, 1975 Our 341st Issue
mURICE M. GOULD and GEORGE H. WYATT
With great sadness I trust report the death of tuto prominent members^ George Wyatt
of Lunenburg, Mass,, and tdauri-oe Gould of Tustin, Calif. I never met George in per--
son, but we corresponded regularly and often, and I felt as though we were old
friends. He was an active and vigorous collector, and he died after a long^ illness
on September 18, Maurice Gould was an old Bostonian, and I first met him in my
college days over 20 years ago when I visited his Copley Coin Company here in Boston.
Instead of the usual, gruff negative I xxts accustomed to when asking about transporta-
tion tokens, Maury Gould invited me into his office and spent over an hour with me
talking about transportation tokens, asking me all about them. From then on I was a
regular visitor to his coin shop, purchased a number of rarities from him, and we
became fast friends. He was a deeply religious man, and served as President of his
synagogue, and our common interest in religion gave us another common bond. After
his daughter's untimely death he left Boston and went to live in California, But I
saw him often after that at conventions, and there was always the ready smile, the
easy friendliness, the genuine affection he had for everyone around him. One of the
most prominent numismatists in America, Maury wrote a nationally syndicated coin col-
umn, and was a member of the Board of Governors of the American Numismatic Associa-
tion at the time of his death. In his passing numismatics has lost a great mind,
and I have lost a good friend. He died Novenber 29, age 66.
December 2. Enclosed with your copy of this issue you will find your pre-
addressed dues envelope for payment of your 1976 A.V.A. dues. Dues for the coming
year remain at only $6.00 in spite of a grossly unfair postage rate increase which is
pending, and which will plunge the A.V.A. into the red again if it take effect. In
view of the coming increase, you will make things easier and save us money if you will
mail in your dues promptly, making it possible to send your new dues card before the
end of the month, thereby saving 3<? on each member. Incidentally, if you fail to pay
before March 1, the rate of dues for 1976 will be $7.00. Please be prompt, and take
care of it as quickly as possible.
Now in production is a booklet which will contain a complete Index of all issues
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of The Fare Box from the first issue in July, 1947, dov/n to the present. This has
been a huge undertaking, and a number of people, but especially Syd Joseph and Paul
and Susan Cunningham, are making it possible. This will make it enormously simpler
to refer to articles in previous issues. The booklet will be similar in size and
format to the Personal Tokens of Veaturists booklet v/hich v/as distributed to members
this past simmer. The Complete Index will be mailed free of charge to every member
of record at the time it becomes ready,,. one more bonus for your membership. It will
sell for $1.00 a copy to those not eligible for a free copy of it.
The Editor finally got around to arranging his collection of vecturist personal
tokens, and I still need five to be complete: 3-B, 3-D, 441-B, 441-C, 441-G, although
counters tamped personals are still in limbo with respect to future listings. In any
event vecturist personals are a fascinating little collection in themselves, and in
future years a perusal of one’s collection v;ill bring back memories of past friends
and conventions. The long series issued by Joe Allis form a little story of his
changing collecting interests and his convention attendance, for example. One nice
thing about them is that there are no "census" personals, and forming a collection*
won’t cost you an arm and a leg. I was once offered a 3-B, v;hich I still need,* for
$8.00, and I declined because it just doesn't seem right to shell out a lot of money
for something which, after all, is really a personal souvenir made to be given away
or swapped for a nominal recompense. If there are any personals not listed in the
yellow booklet or this month’s Supplement #1, I would need them and would appreciate
specimens so that I may list them.
Bob Ritterband, former A.V.A. President, when he telephoned me from Los Angeles
to tell me of Maury Gould’s death, said that he v/ould represent the A.V.A. at the
funeral. He added that a fitting tribute by A.V.A* members to the memory of either
George Wyatt or Maurice Gould would be a contribution, hov/ever small, to the Tribute
Fund of the A.V.A. Send it to Bob, who is the Director of the Fund.
In that same phone call. Bob informed me of nev/ officers elected at the November
16 meeting of the California Association of Token Collectors: John Barnes, President;
Bob Carter, Vice-President; Elaine Willahan, Secretary; Andrevj Crusen, Treasurer; and
Bob Ritterband as Past President. Sixteen were present for the meeting at Ritterband *s
home .
In view of the pending postage increase, the December issue almost certainly
will be mailed before January 1. I already have several good articles on hand for
that issue. So please have everything for that issue here no later than Christmas.
Because I keep my celluloid and vulcanite tokens in "Library of Coins" 25^
albums, I decided to count up how many street railway or stage tokens of quarter size
or smaller, there are listed in Atwood. I came up with 248 of them, all told, and was
somev/hat chagrined to discover that I still need 66 of them in my collection. This
does not include larger vulcs or bridge or ferry vulcs. That’s a lot of rare tokens,
because only a handful of celluloids and vulcanites are common. Incidentally, Ohio
leads the states that issued these tokens, followed by Pennsylvania and Kentucky.
I received a letter recently from someone who is writing a book on unusual hob-
bies, and he is going to include transportation token collecting, of course, among
his subjects. He asked me to describe, and send him a picture, of the most valuable
token of all. I decided that the most valuable token, without question, listed in
Atwocd is NY 630 A, which sold for $500 not long ago, and more recently I have been
told that there are several people who would pay $1,000 for it without hesitationl
Close seconds to the Gibbs token would probably be the Accommodation Line and the
Yinger tokens of Baltimore, and the Chestnut & Walnut Civil War transportation tokens
of Philadelphia, the ones with Ben Franklin’s picture on them. But for most of us,
myself included, a plain old IGmm token that you can still buy for 15^ is just as in-
teresting and just as much fun to own. They all have their stories to tell. And on
that note we close, wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a prosperous Bicentennial
Year... for each of us and for our country whose birthday we celebrate with pride.
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SOME NOTES ON WOODEN NICKEL TRANSPORTATION TOKENS =
By Kenneth E. Smith
Since 1969 at various times I have attended meetings of the California Wooden
Money Association in Southern California. This group has at its meetings many of the
parties concerned with the v/coden nickel catalogues. These members informed me about
cities and companies that used wooden nickel transportation tokens. 1 wrote these
companies and acquired some information I am now sharing with the AVA membership.
The wooden nickel manufacturers, when filling an order, usually make an overrun
to guarantee that they can fill the order v/ith the correct number of unblemished un-
damaged v/ooden nickels. Estimates by knowledgeable wooden nickel collectors are that
the overrun is usually from I0?> on large quantity orders to 20% on small quantity or-
ders. This procedure of making overruns is not only done by wooden nickel manufactur-
ers, but also by metal token manufacturers. Some years ago a couple of prominent
eastern collectors were able to see some overruns at Scovill Manufacturing Company in
V/aterbury, CT. These overruns at Scovill dated from between 1900 and 1920 and were
still in storage. The lot consisted of census and near-census tokens at the time,
and patterns. Later someone was able to get these overrun tokens and they became
comparatively common.
Other collectors have found overruns of transportation tokens at other manufac-
turers in Seattle, and at Meyer & Wenthe in Chicago, as well as other companies.
! personally have not been lucky enough to get any transportation token overruns
from manufacturers, but I did find some 50 years ago at one company an explanation of
v/hat happened to their overrun sample boxes. I had discovered the brass South St.
Paul Transit token and visited the company to get some for collectors, and while there
inquired about any other tokens they might have on hand. I was shown a box of obsol-
ete unlisted South St. Paul transit tokens in red and gold fibre, which they w'ere
going to burn. Most of these fibre tokens had been chewed up by the fare boxes they
used. I got less than 120 each of the fairly undamaged fibre tokens, and the rest^
were burned. I was Informed that these tokens were made at Northwest Stamp Works in
St, Paul, and I visited them and learned the following:
The pinbal I machine craze hit the Twin Cities in the early !930^s and, at first,
the machines dispensed money for winnings. This was gambling, of course, and was
quickly outlawed. To circumvent this, the pinball machine operators ordered amuse-
ment tokens and used these in the Twin Cities for about ten years. At most establish-
ments you could not buy the amusement tokens as they were put into the pinball mach-
ines and dispensed whenever the player achieved a high score. The tokens could be
used for replay, or at some bars if the friendly bartender knew you he would redeem
them for cash. Well, it seems that when these tokens were manufactured, It was com-
mon practice to strike the following: 120 tokens for an order of 100; 225 for a 200
order; 530 for a 500 order, and 1040 for a 1000 order. Then the best of the 100,200,
500, or 1000 tokens were selected to fill the order. The mutilated and off-center
tokens were put into the MELT box, and the remainder in the sample boxes. There were
two types of sample boxes: type I was for merchant tokens not used as amusement tok-
ens, and type 2 was for tokens used as amusement tokens, even if they read that they
were good for 5^ in trade. When a die was set up, and before the token run, i I* was
the practice to take a few tokens of that size and shape from a sample box and over-
stamp to check the die. When these tokens were taken from the type !, merchants only,
box and overstamped they were then thrown into the melt box. So tokens overstamped
over merchant-non-amusement tokens are very rare for the Twin Cities. In my collec-
tion of over 6000 overstamped Twin City area tokens, fewer than 20 are overstruck on
the merchant-non-amusement type token, of whith one, incidentally, is overstruck on
the very rare parking token of Sioux City, Iowa. None are overstruck on transporta-
tion tokens.
When these tokens were taken from a type 2, amusement token, box and overstamped
to check the die, the resultant tokens were often returned to the amusement token
sample boxes. This is the principal reason one often sees amusement tokens with two
or three different understampings, as these tokens were used several times for die
checking. These 4- or 3- multiple stampings are not common because if a token was
restamped several times it usually cracked and went into the melt box.
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In late 1942 and early 1943 the token manufacturers in the Twin Cities had run
out of token blanks (World War II shortage) and took most of the tokens — if not ail
the tokens — from the type 2 amusement sample boxes, and used these, overstamped, to
fill orders. If what I was told was correct, about 20,000 tokens were overstamped
and released, mostly to taverns in St. Paul.
By 1946, when token blanks were available again, the pinball machine craze had
run its course in the Tv/in Cities, and few pinball tokens were made thereafter. The
comrriercial slug law of 1944, which began the demise of most telephone tokens, also
put a severe crimp in the use of amusement tokens dispensed by machines.
During the war years, when the usual brass and white metal token blanks were not
available, zinc, steel, plastic, and fibre tokens were made at the Northwest Stamp
Works, but they proved unsatisfactory.
The difference between the metal token manufacturers and the wooden nickel manu-
facturers is that the former did not advertise and sell their overruns. In the mid-
I960’s the wooden nickel manufacturers started selling the overruns of original issues
and some errors, and then later, if demand for an item was heavy, they actually made
restrikes deliberately, for this purpose of sale to collectors.
With respect to the wooden nickel transportation tokens made originally before
1965, in most cases the original issue can be distinguished from the restrikes.
The following is a list of wooden nickel reverses, and I shall refer back to this
list when discussing these tokens In later articles.
Reverse RA: This reverse is a targe oirale eontaining the words WODEN NICKEL
with an Indian head pictured facing left. The Indianhead is 21^a
lengtlw)ise from tip of nose to tip of feather near L of NICKEL^ and
also 21mm high.
Reverse J/B: Like Reverse WA except Indianhead is 20rm high.
Reverse NC: Like Reverse NA except Indianhead is 20mm lengthwise and 20rm high.
Reverse WD: Life Reverse WA except Indianhead is 20mm tengthioise and 19rm high.
Reverse NE: This reverse is a targe circle containing the words WODEN NICKEL
with an Indixmhead pictured facing right.
Reverse WF: This reverse is a targe circle containing the vx>rds WODEN NICKEL
UNTIED STATES OP AMERICA with a buffalo pictured facing left. There
is a star & diamond, and another star above buffalo^ and a star under
buffalo.
Reverse W: Like Reverse UP except no stars or diamnds.
Reverse UI: This reverse reads WOODEN NICKEL 6 JACK HARPER with an Indianhead
pictured facing right.
Reverse WJ: This reverse reads' DON'T TAKE WOODEN NICKELS - FOR REAL MONEY
TURN OVER - and in the center an Indianhead pictured facing left.
Reverse WK: This reverse reads WOODEN NICKEL BEWARD OF IMITATIONS with Indianhead
pictured, facing left.
Reverse WL: This reverse reads WOODEN NICKEL around a circle which contains an
hidianhead pictured facing right.
Reverse m: This reverse reads WOODEN NICKEL UNTIED STATES OF AMERICA with 3
stars over buffalo pictured facing left.
Reverse WN: This reverse reads WOODEN NICKEL ‘ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
vyith buffalo pictured facing left.
Reverse WO: This reverse reads WOODEN NICKEL with Ridianhead pictured facing right.
Reverse WP: This reverse reads SILVER NICKEL with Bidianhead pictured facing left,
and. vyith a silver-colored background.
Reverse WQ: Tlvis reverse reads WOODEN NICKEL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA about a
double circle containing an Indianhead pictured facing right.
From information supplied me by wooden nickel collectors and clubs, the following
general conclusions may be drawn about wooden transportation items, with respect to
their manufacture.
By the mi d- 1 960 ’s when transportation wooden items were first restruck, the fol-
lowing reverses were obsolete: WA WB WF Wl. Therefore probably ail transportation
wooden nickels with these reverses are from original issues. Also, reverses WJ and WK
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are probably original issues on transportation items. The transportation items with
reverses WC WO and WG may be original issues, or they may be restrikes, and in sub-
sequent articles will be marked whether they are original issue or manufacturer’s re-
strike, or if in doubt will not be market until further information is obtained.
Transportation items with reverse WP are all manufacturer’s restrikes. The other re-
the wooden transportation items we do not
study.
articles, the Checker Cab Company tokens of
verses which account for
know about and they will
As an examp I e of I i
Dayton, Ohio, may be ana
less than 3% of
require further
stings in future
yzed as fol lows:
WAo
V'
38
Sd
WBo
W
38
5d
'.Co
W
33
Sd
WDo
W
38
Sd
WEo
w
38
Sd
WFo
w
38
Sd
CHECKER CAB CO. BA 2-4011 GOOD FOR 5« IN TRADE
(Reverse WA) (original issue)
(Reverse WFXoriginal issue)
(Reverse WD) (manufacturer’ s restrike)
(Reverse VfG) (manufacturer’s restrike)
CHECKER CAB CO. DAYTON, OHIO GOOD FOR 5^ IN TRADE
(Reverse WD) (manufacturer's restrike)
(Reverse WD) (reverse in b! ue) (manufacturer’s restrike)
All lettering is in black unless otherwise specified. Note that there is no way to
tell the difference between original issue tokens obtained from the user, or acquired
from the manufacturer in the m id- 1 960 ’s if they came from the same batch, I am not
putting a price on these tokens as they are not part of my catalogues. The identity
codes WA WB WC etc. are not Atwood codes and are used only for purposes of temporary
identification of wooden tokens, and may or may not be in the future supplanted by
official Atwood Catalogue numbers, depending on which items are accepted for the cat-
alogues.
Future wooden nickel articles will contain listings and, in some cases such as
Dallas and Texarkana, details as to usage with credits to suppliers of this informa-
tion.
*****
= SHAmOCK TAXI SERVICE WOODEN NICKELS =
Bv Kenneth E. Smith
In 1970 I acquired a few Shamrock Taxi Service wooden nickels with the informa-
tion that they were from Jaraestovm, NY. I wrote the company, and received a reply da
ted August 31, 1970, from Mrs. Myra B, Caramarata, owner of the Shamrock Yellow Cab Co
of 26 Fenton Place, Jamestov/n, NY, The letter contained the following information:
These wooden nickels were used as a promotion stunt when Mr. & Mrs. Caminarata
began the taxi business on October 28, 1963, and the tokens were discontinued in 1964
Some 1,500 were made, and f-lr. Caramarata got the idea from a gas station in Warren, Pa
which was using wooden nickels for advertising. In May, 1969, Mrs. Cammarata had
close to a thousand of these wooden nickels stored at her brother's house, and he had
an attic, fire v/hich destroyed them. Mrs. CartHiiarata had only 3 of them left at the
time of her letter, and she would not part with them.
I am grateful to Mrs. Cammarata for the above information. The status of these
SHAMROCK TAXI SERVICE PHONE 4-9163 GOOD FOR 5<: IN TRADE
(Reverse HB) (original issue) (* 1963-64)
(Reverse VJF) (original issue) (* 1963-64)
SliAMROCK TAXI SERVICE PHONE 4-9168 GOOD FOR S'? IN TRADE
JAMESTOWN, N.Y.
(Reverse WC) (red reverse) (manufacturer's restrike)
wooden
nickel
WAo
W
38
Sd
V?Bo
W
38
Sd
WCO
W
38
Sd
***’*'*
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= THE VILLAGE OF PARK FOREST PARKING TOKEN =
By D. Frank Elam
-NovmboA. 1975-
The village of Park Forest is located some 30 miles south of the central business
district of Chicago along the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad's main electric commuter
line. Park Forest started as a planned development in the late I940's to east the
severe postwar housing shortage. By 1950 the population had reached 8:,000. Today it
is estimated at 32,000. Not very many people outside the Chicago area know about Park
Forest, yet some have probably read William H, Whyte Jr.'s book The Organization Man^
written in the mid-fifties tell ing about the rise of the Junior executive of Park For-
est. In 1966 it was estimated vy a village survey that 30p of the tabor force worked
in downtown Chicago. This figure does not seem to be out of line with today's esti-
mate either. Approximately 15,000 people from the Park Forest area use the commuter
train facilities daily.
No known parking token was ever issued in Park Forest until this year. The Park
Forest municipal lot was the last lot in the area to increase the rate from 25<t to
50<J, in January, 1975. Then there was talk by the village board that the municipal lot
was going to lower its parking rate for residents of Park Forest from 50<J to 35<f for
24 hours. A token was to be issued for this purpose. The tokens were made available
at the village hall in July, 1975, for 35'^ to Park Forest residents, and for 50<J each
to non-residents. There is a purchase limit of 40 tokens at any one time.
South Suburban Safeway Bus Company provides a route through Park Forest to take
commuters to and from the Illinois Central Gulf station at 211th Street during the
morning and evening rush hours. The fare is 40<? one way, or a punch card can be ob-
tained that is good for 11 rides at $4. No tokens are issued by the bus company.
Increased service for transportation of people throughout Park Forest is unlikely
unless the community is willing to subsidize the line in some form. There is more
and more indication that this could happen at a later date. Several attempts in at-
tracting more passengers by making buses more comfortable and convenient to home have
failed in the past. Yet the development of a coordinated transportation network (in-
cluding parking facilities) to move Park Foresters from one mode of travel to another
has been and will continue to be a basic policy of the community,
*4<')t**
= MORE ON THE miTSETT TOKEN OF VAN NUYS , CALIFORNIA =
On page 136 of the October 1975 issue we described under "New Finds" a 58rm
fibre item issued by f/.P. Whitsett, a Van Nays real estate operator. Comes now a let-
ter from Steve Lipshie which tells the whole story of this interesting item. Steve
sent along a Xerox from the Valley Federal Pioneer, which contained the story of this
interesting founder of the city of Van Nuys . Along with a picture of the bus used by
l^Jhitsett is the following coimrient from the article:
"r/.P. P/iiitsett in those early days of 1911 employed many nevr and original sales
ideas .. .ideas v/hich sold land and homes and helped build a solid comimnity foundation.
The railroads of the time provided all new incoming arrivals to L.A. with metal bound
tags on their luggage. On presentation of these tags to the IJhitsett office on Hill
Street, visitors were assigned seats in sight-seeing automobiles maintained by Mr.
Fiffiitsett and were then shot/n around Ilolliprood and the net/ Van Nuys tov/nsite."
So it would appear that I have a rather nice old token there v/hich v/as, indeed,
good for transportation.
Steve Lipshie in his letter adds that Mr. Uhitsett expanded his interests and in
1925 t/as one of the founders of Providential Savings <5 Loan, which got a federal char-
ter in 1933, becoming San Fernando Valley Federal Savings & Loan. Mr. IJhitsett lived
to ripe age, dying in 1961 or 1962, vrell into his 90' s, a true pioneer. A boulevard
in the San Fernando Valley has, quite appropriately and rightly, been named after him.
So there is a fascinating token with a delightful story behind it, involved both
in real estate development and transportation. One reason I vrent into collecting
real estate tokens v/as the frequent connection hetv/een the two.
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Th6 Editor r©cen+ly acqu i rsd anothGr Iowa 00 B, the 25^ Blencoe, which, as it
was a duplicate, Is now reposinq in the collection of Milton Heitnan. Milton, mean-
while reports that he has picked up a dupl icate of Iowa 930 K, the Waterloo Omnibus.
David Schenknan, as usual, has picked up a number of good tokens. First of all,
he acquired a token he has been panting for for a long time, Va 350 A, the Fredericks*^
burg Bridge token. This (s only the second one known; the one in the Editor^s col-
lection was for years unique. I not it from Ed Levy when he auctioned ^ his collec-
tion in the early |§50’s. David also purchased, from the auction at FeisePs Pitts-
burgh show, a Pa 115 A for $75.00, and Timetable K for only $19.00. This last is
amazing, as Timetable K is the rarest timetable in the list. A shell card, embossed,
it is very old. David adds that the piece is really brass, and not copper as listed.
Then David picked up another nice one, for only a dollar in a dealer^s junk book.
It^s an early New Orleans token from around 1900:
N.O. & CARROLLTON R.R. CO. / EMPLOYE’ PASS
A 25 Sd (incuse numerals)
According to an 1890 Poores Directory, the New Orleans & Carrollton Railroad was a
17-mile line between the two cities, half mule-power, half steam dummy.
Yosef Sa^ar v-^ri tes from Israel that he recently acquired an example of the beau-
tiful 1913 Porto, Portugal, bridge token (see Fare Box page 117, 1969). He adds in
his letter: should like to point out that the bridge was named after King Luiz
the First of Portugal, and Smith has a slight error in the spelling on the token. It
should be PONTE D. LUIZ I?. Another delightful point is that close inspection with a
magnifying glass will reveal a tiny-- 1 ess than 2mm — but distinct electric trolley
crossing the bridge."
Joe goes on in his letter to write: "My correspondent in Portugal states that
the white porcelain 1921 GAIA token listed from Porto, also Fare Box page 117 (1969),
is real ly part of a series of 1,2,4, and 10 centavo porcelain emergency money, and
not connected with transport."
Finally, Joe^s interesting letter tells about a new token from ELAT, ISRAEL:
"Recently opened here is Coral World, an underwater observatory and aquarium on
the Coral Beach. From the shore you walk out a narrovy bridge to a large steel tower,
descend a spiral staircase and stare out at a 360^ view of the fantastic coral forma-
tions and sea life. Coral World uses a nice pictorial brass token for admittance via
turnstile, and although i don’t claim it’s a bridge token, it’s still an attractive
piece. There are only three other similar underv/ater observatories In the world:
one near Mombasa, Kenya, and I believe two in Australia. Any collectors interested in
this type of token, first from Elat, send me $3.00 for an example. Admission fee is
$2.00." Joe’s address: Yosef Sa’ar - Ta Doar 533 - 08 100 ELAT, ISRAEL.
= LIST Ox^ DIE VARIETIES AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS =
Back in the 1950’s Max Scli\jart 2 prenared a conprehensive list of minor die var-
ieties, describing each one in such a v/ay that any collector could tell v;hich one he
ovmed. The list was never completed, but is still quite a piece of work, and at the
tiiTie a copy was sent to every member. Since tivon, of coarse, many nev/ varieties have
come to a ligiit. Still, the Sclu;artz list is of tremendous help.
Now Ralph Hinde lias updated the old Scln/artz list, changed catalogue numbers to
correspond to tiie 1970 Atwood, and had the wliole list beautifully typed by member
Greg Prgoiet. Ralph then Zeroxed the resultant neat niece of work, in reduced size
V\^ith two pa??es to one sheet. Now we can’t reproduce these in quantity because vje have
neither the time or the money to do it.
llowevov^ EaZph says he will be happy to tend the set of ten sheets to any cotteo-
tor wlw could then Zerox a copy for himself, and then either return the sheets to Ralph
or send them to another collector^ If interested, vyr^te directly to Ralph Hinde at
225-30 106th Ave., Queens Village - Jamaica, NY 11429. Postage for the 10 sheets is
28 ^.
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=== VIENNA ELEVATOR TOKENS =
By F*J. Bingen
In THE FARE BOX of 1965 on page 190, Mr* Smith listed from his collection two
tokens from Austria with the word AUFZUG on theia* As this word means "elevator** or
"lift" it was clear that these were elevator tokens* In addition/ one of the tokens
had an address on it; Dorotheergfasse] 5, and as this is probably the most famous
street in Vienna it was also clear to me that at least this token was used in the cap-
ital of Austria. Nevertheless these tokens were listed in the Unidentified section 11.
In THE FARE BOX of 1969 on page 33, I4r. Zerbes from Germany put these things
right and identified these tokens by adding a third one to the two already kno^ra, a
token with the address **Taborstrasse 11a."
Finally in THE FARE BOX of 1970 on page 85 v/as listed a token from my collection
with the address Bechardgasse 17.
Three of these tokens bear the name of the issuing firm in abbreviation:
Atufzug] A, (&) B.G. and it v;as these four letters which intrigued me. For years I
have tried to learn the meaning of these letters. Being in Vienna this spring, I
visited the three addresses. The elevators are still there, but no tokens are being
used now. The elevators operate after one inserts a Schilling coin in the slot. At
none of the addresses, however (the Bechardgasse 17 is now a police station) , was
there any way to get information about the A. A. & B.G.
It v/as the Vienna Chamber of Commerce which, at last, satisfied my curiosity.
The Auf zug-Automaten und Betriebsgesellschaft was founded in 1923 at the address
Bechardgasse 17 (11). And so the riddle was solved. Our elevator slot machine and
operating company was not granted a long life. It was closed down February 5, 1931,
and probably the tokens have not been used much longer after that.
Although the company existed only for a bit less than eight years, it is most
probable that it also issued tokens with other address in addition to those already
known to exist.
As many of our readers do not have access to the old listings I give here a re-
capitulation
of these four tokens:
VIENNA
840
AUFZUG I. DOROTHSERG. 5 (TRIANGLE
NOTCH IN EDGE)
QAo B
20 Sd
(blank)
AU.FZUG A. & B.G. (TRIANGLE NOTCH
IN EDGE)
OBo B
20 Sd
(blank)
OCo B
20 Sd
Aufzug II. Taborstrasse 11a
A.A.B.G. WIEN III. BECHARDGASSE 17 (STAMPED NUMERAL)
QDo B
21 Sd
(same as obverse)
I should draw the attention of our readers to the fact that these tokens were
transfered from Section 11 to Section 3 (bridge tokens). I am unable to learn why
this done, since Rome elevator tokens are listed in section 2, and consistency would
suggest that these also be in section 2.
= A.V.A, TREASURER’S REPORT ~
The following is a result^ of Mr, Frisbee’s report presented to the Los Angeles Conven-
tion: Cash an hand 7/1/74, $2,108.17. Expenses, $3,700.96 (of which $3,484.29 was
for The Fare Box, and $100.16 for the AVA Roster). Income $3,823.44. Accumalatad
interest from the Life Membership Fund, $1,924.09. In Life Membership Fund, $2902.40.
Cash on hand as of this report was $6,740.37 including the Life Membership Fund which
may not be touched, and interest on that fund which should only be touched in case of
emergency. So vm are roughly just breaking even, but with the proposed postage hike,
we won’t come close to breaking even for 1976. Fortunately the Catalogue Fund, vfhich
is limited only for publishing ventures, is independent and in good shape, with over
$7,000 additional , reserved for publishing catalogues and the like.
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NEW SWEDISH CATALOGUE
by Kenneth E* Smith
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On August 1,1975 , there was issued in Malmo, Sweden a new book on Swedish
tokens by Ingvar Ehnbom. On August 2nd a copy was airmailed to me and was on
exhibit at the A,V*A. convention- In the 19th Century there v;as great interest
in Swedish tokens of all types and they were listed in Stiernstedt 1872catalogue
and some volumes of the Numismetiska Meddelander, all of which are scarce books
today- In the last 75 years there, has been little information issued in Sweden
on Swedish tokens of any kind- Th^re has been an awakening interest in Sweden
in their tokens and it is hoped that this book is the first in a series of books-
This book is entirely in Swedish and is titled SVENSKA POLLETTER GENOM TIDERNA
MED AVBILDNINGAR AV INGVAR EHNBOM and is 120 pages with dimensions of 5 3/4inches
by 8 l/4inches and is a paperback book slightly over 1/4 inch thick. It sells
for 55 Swedish Kronor (to American Collectors) , which is in U.S^money $13.75
and is sold by Malmo Mynthandel A B at Kalendegatan 9 in 21135 Malmo , Sweden.
It comes with a separate 7 page pricelist which has very high prices compared
to my prices for 19th century transportation tokens. There are 1192 tokens
listed of which less than 10 percent are transportation tokens. Most of the
tokens are pictured for the first time in any Swedish catalogues. The 19th
Century catalogues did not picture tokens. Almost all the pictures are of
tokens in the Malmo Museum with some pictures of tokens in the author’s and
his friends collections. If you are a collector of Swedish non transportation
19^h Century tokens this book is an invaluable aid as many of these tokens were
crudely dome with simple inscriptions. Comparison of the tokens with the book
pictures informs you as to which tokens you own.
It seems that most of the Avesta listings in the Stiernstedt 1872 catalogue
were based upon the tokens in the Malmo Museum which are now pictured in this
book. The Stiernstedt book had very sparce descriptions and looking at the
pictures of these tokens , they are a crudely done lot of tokens mostly with
a letter or two or a simple pictured device. In other words although some of
these may be road tokens they do not meet minimum A*V.A. standards for listing
as a transportation item. Very little new information concerning tokens is
in the book that was not in the 19th Century tokenv books. Andrarums recently
acquired a museum and; in its artifacts is a set of 95A,B,andC and some infoirmatioi
It appears that 95A and 95C were tokens given to workers for certain amounts of
work and that 95B was only a ride token. Of course they accepted 95A and 95C
as payment toward a ride which caused a certain amount of confusion in previous
records. In line with A*V.A. practices therefore 95B will be retained in the
catalogue and 95A and 95C deleted. Those of you who are now stuck with 95A or
95C do not have to worry as I will buy them for several times my catalogue and
trade them to Swedish collectors of non transportation tokens. The transportation
tokens he listed which are not in my book are per his numbers (1) Number 101,
a Dala-Ockelbo Jarnvag token which is pictured and it is just an A over a 9 both
stamped on a steel square blank. This item will not be listed as it does not
meet minimum listing standards. (2) Numbers 234 and 235, two Goteborg NYA
Angslups Aktiebolog brass octagon 50 and 60 ore tokens. The 60 on the 60 ore
token looks like it was stamped over another number. Dimensions not given on
these two pictured tokens . They will be listed ,when we can get somebody to
check these tokens as to dimensions, reverses, and what the 60 was overstamped
over- (3) Number 331 is a listed ^nd pictured set of 4 bus tokens used by the
Kanonf abtur iet of Jonkopings . The obverses show wings with a crown above and
J.K.F. below and numbers in the center. The four numbers are 10, 100,1, and 2.
Sizes and metals and reverses are not given. Will list these items when that
information becomes available.
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(4) Numbers 453 and 454 are two tokens of the Maimo-Limhamn jarnvagen used
from 1890 to 1915. I recently acquired a set of these from a Swedish collector
and they will soon be listed with discovery credit to him. (5) Number 1058, is
a CvLinne brass ferry token of Sundsvalls and it is pictured , but without
dimensions. I have one of these, I think, among my miscellaneous and when I find
it, I will list with dimensions. (6) Numbers 1166 and 1167 are from Atvidabergs
Number 1166 is pictured and is like IlOA but without the small L. Number 1167
is pictured and is like IlOA but with a small B instead of a small L. These
are two new listings for our book.i
The following is a comparison list, where I list his number and the corres-
ponding world transportation catalogue number, as an aid to the purchasers of
this book
HIS
WORLD
HIS
WORLD
HIS
WORLD
7
95B
773
820RC
935
820AB
59
120A
774
82 ORB
936
8 20^0
172
220AM
778
82 0AY
937
820<5O
204
240DA
.779
820CC
938
820AG
205
240DJ
795
820RA
939
820HJ
206
240DK
803
82 OA
940
820FN
219
320RD
804
820G
941
820GL
233
240CF
805
820H
942
820FP
236
240BT
806
820J
943
820EA
237
240CG
807
82 OM
944
820BW
238
240CA
808
820S
945
820DN
239
240BX
809
820U
946
820LW
240
240BN
810
820V
947
820LY
241
240BG
811
820AN
948
820OE
282
300B
812
820AO
1049
830N
283
300E
813
820AQ
105 0
830CF
284
300AG
814
820AT
1051
830BD
333
360AD
831
820KV
1052
830BV
334
360AC
836
820ICN
1053
830BN
335
360C
837
820JP
1054
830CH
336
360B
838
820KK
1055
830AS
344
400AG
839
820KE
1056
830 o
345
400AK
840
820KC
1057
8 3 OAF
347
400A
841
820KB
1093
;800B
348
400B
910
82 OCX
1094
800AK
349
400C
911
820BP
1095
800AV
350
400D
912
820BQ
1096
800BA
445
5 00C
913
820BR
1097
800B1
469
530C
930
820EA
470
5 30J
931
820EB
1100
81 OA
471
530M
932
820AE
1130
870AI
768
820IF
933
820AF
1148
875A
769
820IG
934
820AA
1149
875B
END
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= SUPPLEMENT #1 TO PERSONAL TOKENS OF VECTURISTS =
By J.M. Coffee
WM. E. EISENBERG 3728 MAYFAIR ST. PGH. , PA. 15204 AVA NO. Ill
111 A Pr 38 Sd Collector of Transjportation Tokens (streetcar, type 2)
JOHN G. NICOLOSI 3002 GALINDO ST., OAKLAND, CA 94601
NEW ISSUES SERVICE 20 YEARS 1955 1975
GOOD FOR ONE NEVJ ISSUE IN 1975
116 F A 40 Sd Collector of Tokens Transportation - Parking - Military -
Car Wash - California & Nevada Merchants AVA L116 - NEVA 20 -
TAMS 236 - METCA 12 CANTS 34 CATTC 4 [200]
116 G B 40 Sd (sane as F) [100]
DUANE H. FEISEL 415'941-2690 P.O. BOX 1302 LOS ALTOS, CA 94022
312 F Pr 38 Sd Good For 50<? Toward Trade Checks Nane Plates Hotel/Motel
Key Tags Check Roon Checks Badges, Etc.
312 G Pg 38 Sd (same as F)
312 H Pb 38 Sd "
312 I Pe 38 Sd "
312 J Pw 38 Sd ”
DUANE H. FEISEL TEL. 415-941-2690 P.O. BOX 1302 LOS ALTOS, CA
94022 WEST COAST REPRESENTATIVE flEYER & IffiNTHE CHICAGO, ILL.
312 K A 39 Sd California Salutes American Revolution Bicentennial
1776 200 Years 1976 (bear, wreath, banner)
312 L B 39 Sd (sane as K)
312 M Bz 39 Sd
312 N WM 39 Sd "
*** LIMITED EDITION *** DUANE H. FEISEL, P.O. BOX 1302,
LOS ALTOS, CAL. 1.33 TROY OZ. 18 CARAT GOLD CONTAINS
ONE TROY OZ. GOLD SERIAL NO.
312 0 B 39 Sd (same reverse as 312 K)
312 P B 39 Sd Nevada Salutes American Revolution Bicentennial
1776 200 Years 1976 (animal with 2 horns, wreath,^ banner)
(0 and P ave patterns fov solid gold tokens which will he stvucK with the
above California and Nevada vevenseSf as well as many others.)
E.L. DENCE A.V.A. 412 PHILA. , PA. 19136
412 G Pe Sq Sd Collector of Dept. Store Charge Coins and Pliila. Tokens (28nn)
412 H Pw Sq Sd (sane as G)
412 I Pr Sq Sd
R.B. CARTER AVA #461 WELCOIffi TO THE 25th CONVENTION
LOS ANGELES 1975
461 B Pw 38 Sd Collector of Transportation Tokens (streetcar, type 2)
479 D A 32 Sd [same as 479 A, but aluiainura]
AMERlCAtS BICENTENNIAL 1776 1976 DON McKELVEY (LIBERTY BELL)
592 D Pb 38 Sd 2822-19th Ave. Port Huron, Mich. 43060 Wanted Michigan Tokens
Also Tokens Made to Order [blue lettering on straw-color token]
N.E. SHERMAN TOKENS 'vIANTED 4295 MARINA DRIVE
611 A Po 38 Sd Santa Baaba/ia Cati^. 93105 (horsecar)
B.R. ROGERS AVA #632 3651 SEWELLS PT. RD. NORFOLK, VA. 23513
632 B Pr 38 Sd Collector of Transportation Tokens (streetcar, type 2)
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MICHAEL R. PENDER 148 POPLAR ST. GARDEN CITY, NY' 11530
TA14S - TEC - AVA - METAMS - MEC - NEVA - METCA ANA T'JFCS
1776 BICENTENNIAL 1976 (CROSSED FLAGS)
(blank) (rolled out on Lincoln cent]
1111 D B 30 Sd
HAL DUI>3N CARSON CITY NEVADA TTvfENTY FIVE YEARS OF COLLECTING
1949 * 1974
P.O. Box 114, Carson City, Nev. Token & Trade Mirror Collector
California & Nevada (Sc-cloverleaf )
1257 B
1257 C
Pe Sq Sd
Pw Sq Sd
1544 A Pb 38 Sd
MARVIN SIMON 10 GALLUP ST. ITESTERLY, R.I. 02891
Collector of All Rhode Island Tokens (28inm)
ft tl f1 fl l< It II
PAGE MANN 484 CATESBY LANE WILLIAMSBURG, VA* 23185
U.S. TOiCEN COLLECTOR
I Specialize in Virginia Tokens and Medals
DON FINCH P*0. BOX 466 VISALIA, CAL. 93277 COLLECTOR OF
COWBOY MOVIE STARS FINBACKS - DECODERS RINGS - TOKENS
1571 A B 38 St-sc The Kings of the Cowboys The Reel West Was Best Roy Rogers
Gene Autry Buck Jones Tom Mix William S. Hart
"Bronco Billy" Anderson
CORRECTION S
14 D - add quantity (100) ; 14 E ^ add quantity (1,000)
335 E ^ on Rev. remove S to make it read WMISllATIST
341 A - it should be blue plastic, 3Smm (Pb 33 Sd) and not " (Pr 32 Sd)^*
375 3 - on Ohv,, SAILOR appears twice; ''HARRY SAILOR SAILOR GUN SHOP" etc.
402 B - also comes rolled out on U,S. cent or a tax token
431 R ^ to Rev. add OAKLAND CALIF. (TROLLEY)
449 A - on Obv. tAere is a picture of a (TROLLEY)
552 A - is rectangular, not oval, so make it "B Ob Sd"; add quantities: 552 A (200) ,
B (100), C (105) , D (125), and 12 in sterling silver.
- NOVEMBER NEW ISSUES SERVICE REPORT =
By John G. Nicolosi
Two tokens for November: Mass 115 AH, the beautiful NENA tour token, for which
we are grateful to Elliot Goldberg (NENA Exec. Secy^) and Duane Feisel. And second
the potato chip token of Wichita. Our thanJzs to J.W. Baun for reporting this one, and
to Join Coffee i/ho did the corresponding with the potato chip company that resulted
in our being able to purchase a supply of them. In order to supply us, the company
had to retrieve some of these tokens from bags of potato chips, so a fair actually have
a little salt left on them.
Unfortunately I still don't have the Mo 440 W, promised last month. But Ujey've
promised to send them and wg' 11 have them soon. In its place ue'll send you Pa 305 A,
thanks to Richard Bright jf or getting them for us. Another "805" token i/as also issued
and v/e expect to have It for you soon.
All those on my "No lOOO's" list r/ili not receive the potato chip token, so if
you do want one let me know.
I don't like to mail tokens during the Christmas rush in Deceixiber, but if I get
some anticipated tokens they will be sent out about the same tine as this (November)
issue of The Fare Box, and that x/ill constitute our ”DecemI:>er sending."
If you send me a check, piease make it out to "John G. Nicolosi" and not to the
New issues Service, as I have no account in the latter name. This is very important.
Welcome this month to Susanna Lex /is to our Associate Membership list.
Merry Christmas to all AVA menUjers and their families I
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As a postscript to the article on "The Day the Pa 750 AE was Used” by Fred Kramer;
many of us in AVA recigbuze tge bane Fred Kramer as a relatively nev; member, Hovjever,
Fred’s exposure to transportation goes back many years. For example v/hen Fred's name
first appeared as a new applicant I had a vague feeling that I knew him, but couldn't
pinpoint the actual meeting. After pondering the point for a vjhile I recalled seeing
his name belov; a photo in the June, 1972, Calendar issued by the Electric Railroaders
Assn.
It vjas after exchanging a fev/ letters with Fred that I learned that he was the
co-author of the book Belts and Uhlstles 'In Old Pennsylvania, The book jacket re-
vealed the following bit of Fred's background and it's al'vavs nice to have someone
like him as a fellow collector;
"Fred finds himself equally at ease in his professional assignments in technical
coraputer vjork v/ith an electric utility as in his avocation of exploring the vineyards
of railroad history. He is Past President of the New Jersey Region Antique Automobile
Club of America and a collector of transportation memorabilia."
As a former Philadelphian I most certainly enjoyed Fred’s description on the back-
ground of Pa 750 AE — can alxiost feel like 1 v/as there for the celebration. Although
my specimen of Pa 750 AE isn't gold-plated, and wasn’t obtained at the actual site,
I'n as proud of it as if I had been there.
My main reason for vjriting is to bring this article to the attention of all our
memliers. Maybe it will give others the incentive to write about their favorite tok-
en, and this is the real reason \m belong, to share our hobby.
Incidentally, when Fred admitted it v/as his photo of the Fairmount Park trolley
appearing in the June 1972 calendar, he also mentioned that another of our members
also had a photo vxhich appeared on the cover page of the 1970 calendar. Sorry, Len
Paul, I didn’t recognize you!
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=* NOVEMBER MEETING IN NEW YORK =
By Ralph A, Hinde
Through the courtesy of the Long Island Coin Club, the North East Vecturist Assn,
held its November 8 meeting at the New York Sheraton Hotel in conjunction with the
Grand Central Coin Convention. Twenty-two members and guests mingled in the Board
Room, spacious, wel I -I ighted, roomy, comfortable, we never had it so good.
In addition to our own regular attendance, five Philadelphia visitors joined us,
a few of the Long Island Coin Club members, and three outside visitors. We hope to
gain two members for AVA as well as NEVA.
Our NEVA meetings seldom entail any club business, or specialized sessions, in
keeping with our policy of keeping the time for our members and guests to search out
tokens for their collections. Viith the extra collectors on hand, this action was in-
creased; no complaints were heard. Just the wish that this was what all meetings should
be like. I keep repeating the simple fact: you’ll never know what you are missing if
you are not there.
In addition to our own group action, all of us inspected the convention bourse
room, where many dealers had a variety of numismatic items on display. As usual our
type of tokens were not too prominent, but there were some available.
In the afternoon the new i'letropol itan Token & Medal group held their meeting,
which some of us attended. As an idea we night try to arrange for displays of transit
tokens at one of their future meetings. It can’t hurt us by expanding our exposure.
On OctobeA 23, a di&a&toA. tuX PlvitaddLpliia lohzn iome 6tA.ize.icaAJ> loeAn d^6tAoy<^d
by cut t!i<i i'JoodZcLnd Vapot Zn PlUZadcipliZa. Tmnty the de^t^oyed
had n.e.ceivtty been A^,iuAbZi>^l^d at a coit $18,000 ap-cece, BaiU fuxve fie.-
p£aced tiiz 6t/i^iitca/Li, Zn ^e/LvZca,
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= NOVEMBER SUPPLEtffiNT TO ATWOOD’S CATALOGUE =
By Ralph Freiberg
ARKANSAS
Little Rock 480 (Reported by N.I.S. S Joel Reznick)
DOWNTO™ IS UPTO’4N (LOGO)
U B 22 Sd Little Rock Unlimited Progress, Inc.
In Do^mtovm Little Rock, Arkansas
For Bus Ride, Cab Fare & Parking (* 1975) $0.30
CALIFORNIA
San Diego 745 (Reported by M&W 6 Jienry Krause)
SAN DIEGO TRANSIT
X B 23 S-sc Good For One Student Fare (* 8/75)
ILLINOIS
Carthage 122 (Reported by Tom Wall [but owned by non-inem}jer] )
WOLFE'S TRANS. / CO. / CARTHAGE, / ILL.
B o A Oc Sd (same as obverse) (21inm)
KANSAS
McPherson 640 (Reported by J.W. Baun to John Coffee)
ED STRAHAN / BUS / & / BAGGAGI, / TRANSFER / LINE / McPHERSON,
FOB 25 Sd (blank)
Wichita 970 (Reported by J.W. Baum)
STA-KRISP (incuse in logo) POTATO CHIPS
M Pb 44 Sd Fun-Chip Good For Free Rides at Joyland Park
.25
7.50
KAN.
7.50
.15
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston 115 (Reported by Elliot Goldberg)
1975 N.E.N.A. CONFERENCE BOSTON $3.75 1975
AHo B 33 Sd Good For Historic Tour 1975 (design) 2.00
MICHIGAN
Monroe 650 (Reported by Paul Cunningham)
GOOD FOR / ONE / RIDE / M.C.W. /NO. 2 & 8
B o WM 25 Sd 5 (surrounded by stars) 7.50
[M.C.W. = Mose C. Willetts)
PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia
AW WM 20 Sd
AX B 23 Sd
750 (Reported by various members, Sam James, Ed Dence, Joel Reznick)
ONE (LOGO) PARE SCHOOL TOKEN (OPEN BOOK) SEPTA
One Fare School Token (school house) (* 9/75) .20
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
Good For One Fare (logo) (* 10/27/75) .35
Reading 805 (Reported by Richard K. Bright)
BERKS AREA READING TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY BARTA
A B 23 Sd Good For One Fare Barta (* 10/20/75) ,40
= NOTES BY RALPH FREIBERG =
We varied our normal practice last month, and v/ent ahead and listed a token be-
fore we got it. We still don't have it — the I^nsas City token. They returned our
personal check and demanded a certified one, and upped the price by 5^ to we are nov^
paying 459 a token for them. But they have now promised them and they ought to be
here any day no^;. Some tokens involve a lot of trouble 1
A report on the Little Rock token appeared in COIN WORLD, and thanks to a phone
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call by Joel Reznick they agreed to sell us a quantity for N.I.S* The token is good
a bus ride, or 30 towards parking fee, or 30^ toward taxi fare* A three-way token!
It is available only from downtown merchants in Little Rock*
San Diego raised fares August 1, 1975, and a new token cane out when the school
fare went from 20^ to 25<^* Vie learned of this one thru the Meyer & Henthe records,
and Henry Krause was able to get our supply of them*
The Carthage, 111., token corresponds to 111 122 A* Tom Wall got a rubbing and
sent it to me.
Tlie McPherson, KS, token isn't owned by J^h:. 3aun (or by Mr* Coffee). It belongs
to a non-member, but Mr. Baum sent a rubbing to Mr. Coffee.
The Wichita potato chip token was mentioned on page 133 of the October Fare Box,
and the company agreed to sell us a quantity, after Mr. Coffee wrote them. There was
also an earlier "fun chip" same size, but it was also good for things besides rides,
so we shall not list it. But this one is exclusively for rides. The tokens were put
in bags of potato chips as a sales gimmick, and some of our tokens still had traces
of salt on them!
The New England Numismatic Association conference was held in Boston November 7-
9, 1975, and after it was over we got our supply for N.I.S. If any non-NIS member
wants to buy one, John Nicolosi will have a few extras. A few silver presentation
pieces of this token were also struck, and these vzill be made available to any AVA
member vjUo wants to pay the price.
Mose C. Willets v/as a city hack driver in Monroe, MI, and operated the hack from
railroads depots to the Park Hotel about 1905-6.
Gome 3,500,000 of the adult SEPTA tokens were made in 1972. We knew they would
be used sooner or later and reserved a number. But now we have tv/o SEPTA tokens, and
we want to keep them together. So please change the number for the APPLEGATE* S
token listed in Doceiri^er 1974 from Pa 750 AH to AV, Then the two new SEPTA tolzens
fit together as 750 A17 and AX* The new school tokens (AW) are being used along with
the older school tokens, 750 AO AP AQ. At first, because of this, we thought we'd
have trouble getting a quantity of the nev; school token. But they saved our old let-
ter about the adult token, and Joel Reznick's phone call jogged their memory, and they
very kindly saw to it we got our supply of both nev; tokens in pristine condition. We
knew about the adult tokens for three years, and had to wait till they used them, of
course, before we listed them* The fare in Philadelphia is 35^, and the token is good
on streetcars and buses, as well as on Red Arrow cars. The old 16mm Philadelphia tok-
ens are supposed to have been destroyed. See listing under Upper Darby 935 for list-
ings of another company absorbed by SEPTA on January 29, 1970.
On the bottom of page 111 of the September 1975 Fare Box Mr* Coffee mentioned
the new school token as brass, but this was his error. They're all white metal.
The adult tokens were struck by Meyer & Wenthe. The school tokens (1,500,000) were
made by Osborne Coinage Co* of Cincinnati. SEPTA has also ordered one million Bi-
centennial tokens v/hich will go into use this coming January, and we expect to have
no trouble buying our supply of tliese as V7ell.
John Nicolosi always tries to buy a few extra tokens, beyond those necessary to
supply his 100 "regular" NIS members and 50 "associate" members. These extras are
offered in his ads each month. But as we are flooded v/ith new issues, John is tying
up more and more money in these extras. He hope non-NIS members will buy a lot of
these, because John is running out of money and if he can't move what he was he won't
be able to buy these extras in the future.
Richard Bright v/as able to obtain the Reading token for us, and even though he
is not an NIS member he v/ent out of his v;ay to help us. He added that v/hen the bus
company was taken over by the ne\/ BARTA it had the dubious distinction of having the
oldest fleet of buses in Pennsylvania. Since they they've received a new fleet of
GIV2 buses. The M&H records also indicate a 16mm token was made for BARTA and v;e hope
to get them* BARTA took over Reading Bus Co. in late 1973 or January 1974.
We have an interesting situation in a number of tokens where a token given only
one catalogue listing actually coraes in tv/o die varieties, one of which was struck by
one company, and the other variety by a different manufacturer. For instance, Ohio
230 L. The older token was made by an earlier token manufacturer, whom we shall call
"A" company. This older version has dots on the reverse. Then the later variety of
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this token, made by "B” company, has no dots. The token with dots would have been
used on streetcars? the one without dots only on buses. I believe company in
this case was Scoville Mfg. Co. of Waterbary, CT, and company v^as Meyer & Wenthe.
I believe Scoville stopped making tokens in tlie early 1950* s, probably right
after they made their share of the IGmm New York subway tokens. As a number of bus
lines had been using Scoville-nade tokens, when they needed more tokens they could
not go to Scoville after 1953, so they had to go elsewhere. This is why we have
these interesting die varieties of "A" and "B” companies. Now there are probably a
lot of these new die varieties made by a different firm which I don*t know about, as
I got most of my common tokens before 1950, as did most of the older collectors like
I'lr. Coffee and Mr. Ford. So I’d be interested in hearing from collectors who have
die varieties on some of these 16mm tokens.
Harry Porter of Louisville is the one who brought the Dayton situation to ray at-
tention. He also mentioned that Ind 600 C has been put back into use as a school to-
ken. These were sitting there in a sack for about 20 years and then brought out and
used. They look like the work of an older company and I doubt if any more were need-
ed. This line operates from New Albany to Louisville over the bridge, and it is also
known as the Daisy Line. It's operated by the same company that runs Home Transit.
Soraeone reported to John Coffee that Roanoke, VA, had plated their tokens, but a
letter from Greater Roanoke Transit Co., now doing business as 'Valley Metro,** (which
assumed operations March 23, 1975) said their tokens were never plated and they are
still using the tokens of the older company, Va 730 C.
There are some other possibilities of plated tokens and we are waiting to hear
from them. If anyone knows whether Albany, NY, ever plated their tokens please let
me know. I cannot list a plated token till I get confirmation, as lots of tokens
are plated by other companies by mistake.
T.H. Robinson of Pine Bluff, AR, writes to ask why AR 150 F, listed in October,
is given only $7,50 value. Our policy is the Supplements is to mark everything down
one notch, thus the top possible value in a Supplement is $7.50, and this is because
on such newly discovered tokens we*re wary of the possibility of more of them showing
up. Anyway our catalogue values, as you all know, are somewhat conservative and the
difference between a $7.50 and a $10 value by us is not too important in the actual
selling values of old tokens, which sell for $50 to $100 and even more these days.
Mr. Robinson also sent along some interesting information on the depotel tokens
of Camden, AR. Chidester a Pickett operated a livery stable hack line from 1890 to
1894 (F.B. Chidester and Hugh Pickett). F.B. Chidester operated the line alone from
1894 to 1896. Chidester & Young operated the line from 1896 to 1899 (Jeff Young,
P.B.’s son-in-law). Then from 1899 to 1916, w.P. Chidester (Uilliam P.) operated the
line. l\f,P. was the son of F.B. So this pretty clearly dates the usage of the tokens
issued by the Chidesters of Camden, Arkansas. The livery stable was located from
1887 to 1916 on the corner of Madison & Van Buren Streets. The corner is now occup-
ied by the Camden Daily News.
if* it He
= AN OLD CELLULOID TOKEN FROM COLUMBIA =
Gene Skoglund recently sent us a Xerox copy of a couple pages from the Street
Railway Journal of 1888 (as reissued by Traction Heritage recently). Included is a
smai I news item;
"The acoompanyii'Kj illustaxitions represent the full size^ face and reverse sides
of the celluloid railvny checks manufactured by the Celluloid Novelty Company. They
are a substitute for tickets^ transfer tickets and small change^ being lights hand^
some and manufactured in six colors j and with the narne of any street railway company
as desired. They are now being used by the St. Paul & Uinneapolis Street Railway^
the Atlanta (Ga.) Street Railway and many other roads."
The token pictured ^s a beauty and could be from either Tennessee or South Caro-
lina as firms of that name operated in Columbias In both those states in 1888. No
color is given for the token, however. Description is as follows;
COLUMBIA STREET RAILWAY CO. ONE FARE
C 23 Sd (streetcar) (8 stars)
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= KOVEIfflER SUPPLEI4EIW TO THE CATALOGUE OF WORLD TRAUSPORTATIOH TOKENS =
By Kenneth E. Smith
BAHRAIN (off the East Coast of Arabia)
Awali
A P
80 (Reported by Don Capper (A'C'E) and Yosef Sa’ar (C’D'E))
THE BAHREIN PE'PROI..EUm' CO., LTD.
24 Ch Bus Token Zone No. 1 (black)
.50
C
P
24 Ch
" " " " 3 (white)
.50
D
P
24 Ch
THE BAHRAIN PETROLELTl CO., LTD.
Bus Token Zone No. 1 (black)
.50
E
P
24 Ch
" " " " 2 (red)
.50
The assumption is made that the error tokens (A^C, and possibly a B) were
received first, and placed into use, and then more tokens (D,E, a?Td possibly
F) were also ordered and used, Ikcny Americans a,re employed in these oil
fields, so if any AVA member has a relative or friend working over there,
please if possible ask him to get a quantity of these tokens for our New
Issues Service.
GERMANY (Reported by G, Fritz)
Halberstadt 3T5
STRASSEKBAHN HALBERSTADT
P o B Rt Sd Dienst^Marke (2Lxl3mm) (ends curved outwards) 1.00
Hildesheim 4l0
STADT. STRASSENBAHN HILDESHEIM
M o Z Oc Sd Masistrats-Beamten-Marke (21rini) 1,00
N o S Oc Sd " ” 1.00
Offenbach 752
STAEDT. STRASSENBAIiN OFFEII=BACH A/M (in a square)
C o B Oc Pc 10 (in a square) (20inm) 1.00
D o Z Oc Pc 10 " ’ (21mni) 1.00
E 0 B Oc Pc 15 " (24mni) 1.00
F o Z Oc Pc 15 " (22mn) 1.00
Plauen 772
MARKE FUR POSTBEAIWE STRASSENBAHN PLAUEN
L 0 Z Ob Sd (same as obverse) (nickel-plated) (23x20imn) (rounded ends) 1.00
BEAMTEN-MARiCE STADTRATH PLAUEN A.E.G. STRASSENBAHN PLAUEN
M o Z Hx Sd (same as obverse) (nickel-plated) (21mm) 1.00
BEAfiTEN-MARKE STRASSENBAHN PLAUEN
N o Z Oc Sd (same as obverse) (nickel-plated) (21mm) 1.00
Schonebeck 820
SCHONEBECK ELMBNER STRASSENBAHN
B o B 23 Sd V/erth-ferke Erwachsene 10 1.00
Stralsund 850
ELEKTRISCHE STRASSEIIBAHN STRALSUI'ID ARBEITER MARKE (STREETCAR)
B 0 K Ob Ch Giiltig Ilur An Werktagen Morgens Bis 8 Uhr Mittags 12-1^"
Abends 5-7 V (sUiim) 1.00
Bemernher, please, when you report new discoveries, in addition to giving
the eicact wording, spelling, and punctuation, to send RUBBINGS or PHOTO-
GRAINS. This is essential to insure accurate listings. Please keep the
listings coming.
KENNETH E. SMITH - 328 AVENUE F - REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA 90277
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WANTED; TOKENS FROM ONLY Conn., Hass., Maine, N.H., R.I., Vt. Have many trades.
Please send your list for nine.
Charles F . Raisch 31 Green t4anor Rd. - Enfield, CT 06082
FOR SALE; Tex 255 0 in PNC, a first-day cover postniarked Jmg. 16, 1970. Price $10.
Our latest auction and retail listing of the Robert McKee collection is in tlie nail.
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Paul A. Cunningnara — Box 1 — Tecumseh, MI 49286
FOR TRADE; Handolis Club Saloon, Globe, Ariz; Minn 540 D; Md 60 AN; la 640 Sa; Fla
G60 A; Cal 575 Ab; Alas 300 A. Mill trade for Colo, merchant tokens, Nebraska sal-
oons, lovra & S.D. merchant tokens, or Colo 300 E, 340 C, 440 B C, 540 B C.
Lee^ Nott - 631 Osage Drive - Papillion, HE 63046
FOR BEST TRADE IN U.S. TT's; Rebate Check/2^V‘r/The Den/U.A. Schabel/Goldfield , Nevada/
Rev. bust of Washington. Br. Rd. Also have 3 brass tokens. Salem g/f 1 stick powder,
Sq. g/f 1 exploder, oct. g/f 3 sticks povkler, rd. Reverse blank & holed as made on all
Pl^iilip Mandel - 131 S. Harvey St. - Oak Park, IL 60302
THE HIGH ROLLERS took advantage of ny offer in the September Fare Box. Still have
some left. Trading 30 diff. TT's for $1.50 face value U.S. or Canadian pre-1954
silver coins or 20 diff. for $1 worth. Multiples welcome.
Dud Nelson - 1418 Rebecca Dr. - Rockford, I L 611 07
FLORIDA, ST. AUGUSTINE, 860 A o';!!/ $1.00. '
Ben Odesser 6332 N. Richmond St. - Chicago, IL 60659
STILL NEED CALIF 320 F H I to finish set. Will buy or trade. Still have my personal
for trade. - Sol Halpern - 1032 N. Screenland - Burbank, CA 91505
FOR SALE; Parking token collection of 870 different pieces, catalogue value approx-
imately $230.00. Best offer over $450.00 plus shipping.
Ralph A. Hinde - 225-30 106th Ave., Queens Village - Jamaica, NY 11429
FOR SALE; 50<? each; AZ 840 E; CA 435 3; IL 510 A; KY 10 P, 480 Ra Rb; MO 440 J.
25<? each; IL 130 F, 665 A; KS 940 N. $1. 88D;A $30. Ind 90 A $2; Ky 480 S $1.50;
OH 790 A $50. 165 N $7, 515 C $1; Ho 665 A $80; Md 300 A $3; Ky 510 O $5; NY 905 F
$3. SASE. = Lee Schumacher - 10609 Eastern Kansas City, MO 64134
HAVE SEVERAL THOUSANDS of 154 TT’s to sell at 104 each, my choice, not be over ten
of each in a lot limit 100 tokens to a customer. Will mix as many diff. as I can.
Rogers - 3651 Sewells Point Road - Norfolk, VA 23513
TRADE EACH FOR A TT of equal cat. value. Prefer ILL, but will consider trades for
other state tokens: IL 150 R W, 200 C D, 385 A, 795 D.
EyDgst Mehnert - 819 W. Washington St. - Champaign, IL 61320
FOR SALE PLUS POSTAGE; Ark 480 U 454; Cal 615 C 254, 745 X 404; CT 210 C 454, D 454;
Ga 60 U 2 vars. 754 set; 111 270 E 404, 535 B 404, 551 A 404; Kans 970 M 154; Itess
115 AH $2.25; Minn 80 A 754; HH 615 A 404; NJ 710 C D $1.25 each; NY 35 I J 404 each,
695 F H 404 each, 760 D 404, 980 B 504; Ohio 535 A 354 (as many as you want), 770 A B
354 each, 985 A 354; Pa 750 AW 354, AX 504, 805 A 554, 875 B 654, 985 J 454, K 354;
Tenn 20 D $1.15, E 804; Tex 320 G 254; wis 360 P 454, 0 354, 700 I 454; 3C 825 A 404
John G. Nicolosi - 3002 Galindo Street - Oakland, CA 94601
TRADE LIST #3 — merchant, tax, amusement, and miscellaneous tokens and other items;
all items for trade only for TT's. Please send name & address + 104 stamp for list
(I have the envelopes) = Greg Prgomet - P.o. Box 87 - Greensburg, PA 15601
ROICE BREAKING UP coin collection, now offering U.S. and foreign for your duplicates
and surplus tokens that I can use. Cents thru half dollars, dates 1892 thru 1964,
many prior to 1892. Write stating what you need with offer in tokens.
Roice V. Rider - 1523 Bailey St. - Lansing, MI 48910
CENSUS TRANSP. TOKENS. Best offer cash or trade or a combination of both; Calif
775 A (a painted cell). Wash 590 A and S.D. 370 A (rev. variety - slash of 4 on rev.
points up to "O" above) . Also have Civil War token transp. issues Ohio 166 B and the
old Ind 995 A listing (Wolf Creek Pike) for sale or trade.
Harold V. Ford - 6641 Saroni Drive - Oakland, CA 94611
FOR SALE; Ohio 520 A, $5,00 postpaid or I will trade even for any N.J. Good For
trade tokens with city & state or any N.J. encased cent before 1956. Several deals
available. I will also purchase outright all N.J. trade tokens & encased coins.
Write for offer. = Herbert Weiss Box 363 - Cranford, NJ 07016
FOR SALE TO HIGHEST^ BIDDER: Mississippi 720 B.
Marie A. Johnson - Route 2 Clinton, MI 49236
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TRADE: Blythe, CA, car wash token (unlisted) (Ford will list as Cal 85 A) , 28inm brass
MAGIC WAND /CAR ITASH/25<I: In value/291 N. Hain/Blythe/Calif . (reverse blank) (4/73).
Also other TT's, merchant, parking & Misc. tokens for TT's I need.
Harry K. Nicholls
2598 VJest 21st Lane
Yuma, AZ 85364
FOR TRADE: complete set Kansas 930 A B C D E for any TT cataloguing $1.00 or over.
William E. Friese - 9334 Cromwell Drive ;;; Pittsburgh, PA 1523^
TRADE; Cal 760 B for any Illinois TT of equal value; also considered, merchant, park-
ing, car wash tokens of Illinois.
D. Fra nk Elam :: Box 174 Harvey, IL 60426
AVAILABLE: original back issues of THE FARE BOX from 1950 to date. Most years com-
plete. Send your want-list and I shall reply with prices of available issues.
Paul Tarqonsky - 23 Harrison St.
Meriden, CT 06450
Your Personal Token. A limited number of my 3-F are available now, but only
WANTED :
in EXCHANGE for yours. No SASE is necessary. Upon receipt of yours, I'll send mine
as long as the supply lasts. Please move fast so you don't miss out.
Max M. Schwartz - 2920 Point E ast Drive, N-501
Miami^FL 33160
ALASi^ BOOSTERS ASSOCIATION 1962 $1 trade token gilt unc. 39mm Gould #1, page 161,
will trade for 20 diff. common world coins and/or tokens.
Dan Runnak :: Box 327 - Sparks, NV 39131
VIILL~T?iADE SET of 111. 205 A B C f or^ any one 15<: or 25<: TT I need or v/ill sell set
for $1.50. Set of Tenn 20 for $8,00. Still have a few former census TT NC 700 A
for trade. Would like to exchange trade lists.
17 . G . G arrison ^ 9505 Normandy Ave. ^ Morton Grove , IL 60053
KAVjTfL 930 C & D, want FL 930 B; Ky 150 A C D P G I; MI 75 A B C K; NY 230 D J, 760
C, 995 3 C. Highest offer for KY 510 BC & BF (2 of each). Have both varieties of
OH 230 L listed or mentioned this month. DATA LIST FOR TROLLEYBUSES (dates of oper-
ation, company names, fleet rosters for all cities, manufacturers' production lists,
etc.) 75 pages, $5.50 ppd.
Harry R. Porter ^ 1042 Rardstotvn Road - Louisville, KY 40204
WILL %’vADE my 25 diff. stamps from 12 diff. countries (Cuba, Paraguay, Guatemala, Can-
ada, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Spain, Haiti & Portugal) for
your 5 diff. TT’s.
Pedro Chiclana Rosario - 220 St. J.A. 18 Country Club - Rio Piedras, PR 00924
AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER: FL 220 E, 380 C P; IL 1000 B; IN 460 H; KY 510 AE AG AV;
MI 225 M, 775 A; NY 631 Sj NC 980 C; ND 320 B, 440 Af OH 80 B, 750 A; PA 295 A, 605
Bb, 645 A, 750 Z; Va 20 C; DC 500 DEO.
Edward L. Pence ;; 8627 Crispin Drive Philadelphia, PA 19136
AVA 1968 Oakland Convention token, CAL 760 J, one for $3, 2 for $5. Only a few left.
Bi ll Williges ;;;; Box 445 - Wheatland, CA 95692
TRADE: car wash token Minn 700 A, Penn Ave. Pure, for Minn, merchant tokens I can
us e. = Dick Grinolds 722 27th Avenue So., #7 - Minneapolis, MN 55454
WANTED: telephone tokens. Will pay top dollar or trade transp. or parking tokens
for U.S. or foreign telephone tokens.
Gerald Johnson ;;; 1921 Chase Street Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494
TRADE: United States stamps mint & used, 1851 to 1951, for transp., parking, taxi
tokens & Canada tokens, etc.
Fran k E. Boldizar — 1700 Lyons Avenue — Lansing, MI 48910
i^iR iitUlE: ILL 135 D. Will trade for NJ 20 A B, 175 A, 290 B, 390 B C.
Bob S lawsky P.O. Box 423 3 Rockaway, NJ 07866
TitADE: FL 60 A, 540 C; OK 590 D, for any from Maine, Montana, Vermont, Saginaw, MI,
Sj;r In^fie ld, MO. = Kent Nunamaker - 7340 S.W. 11 St. - Miami, FL 33144
TTJiir^sT^W.Va. 590 A B, P.R. 640 Dj Va 3660 B, for any other 25<? token. Ohio 830 D E F
Wa 140 A B, Tenn 160 A, SC 3100 B C for any other IS*? token. Parking or transp.
Oct, ad still gocd.
Joe Styds baker ;;; 2614 Legare Street ;;;; Beaufort, SC 29902^
ILAVir’Car' 3450 AE. Will trade even for any of the following: AZ 3640 F; AL 3560 A;
CA 3450 Q or AQ; CO 3260 E. Have AZ 3780 B, will trade for AZ 3780 A. ALSO WANTED:
January S February 1970 issues of THE FARE BOX.
Wiiliam L. Carr - 2648 Felton Ave. 2 Akron, OH 44314
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CAR WASH TOKENS tCiNTED; La 320 A, 600 B, 670 A. Will buy or trade TT's or PT's or
any of the La. car wash tokens listed for them. FOR TRADE: La 55 A, 185 A, 200 A,
210 A, 300 A/ 490 A, 610 A, 710 A, 770 A, 910 A,B, Also will trade the La. car wash
tokens for TT— PT-C17 or La., Miss., Ala., merchant tokens we can use.
Lou Crawford - Box E - Long Beach, MS 39560
TT's FOR SALE AT 254 EACH PLUS POSTAGE; RI 700 E; SC 310 C; SD 480 A, 840 A; Tenn
160 A, 690 J; Tex 365 A, 445 K L, 760 F; Va 280 A, 560 AC, 580 E F G I K, 730 C;
Wash 840 D; WVa 140 A B, 240 3, 290 E; Wis 70 D, 530 D.
Claude G. Thompson - 3757 Kipling Ave. So. - Minneapolis, IlN 55416
NY 440 B. If you still need tliis scarce token to complete Kenmore, NY, and can
spare $10.00 please write to me. The low catalogue price does not truly reflect the
scarcity of this long obsolete token.
Morton 11, Davjson - 182 I4hiting Lane - West Hartford, CT 06119 -
NEED MONEY FOR CHRISTMAS? I am in the market to buy census tokens that I need, and
will pay a very good price. No haggling. Name your ^irice or let me make an offer.
J.M. Coffee, Jr. -* P.O. Box 1204 - Boston, MA 02104
FEISEL'S CATALOGUE OF PARKING TOKENS OF THE WORLD, 2nd edition, 264 pages, available
cloth-bound or loose-leaf. Price $8 postpaid to members. [$10 to others]
Duane H. Feisel - P.O. Box 1302 - Los Altos, CA 94022
CATALOGUE OF WORLD TRANSPORTATION TOKENS & PASSES except North America, 1st edition
(1967), the official standard AVA catalogue of foreign transp. tokens, fully illus-
trated, 300 pages. Cloth-bound, or loose-leaf. (Autographed if desired) Price
only $5,00 postpaid. Order directly from:
Kenneth E. Smith - 328 Avenue F - Redondo Beach, CA 90277
ATWOOD'S CATALOGUE OF UNITED STATES S CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION TOKENS, 3rd edition
1970, 731 pages profusely illustrated, indexed, priced. Available bound in genuine
buckram, or loose-leaf (punched for 3-ring binder, v/hich is not included) . Price
only $8.00 to AVA members ($12 to others) postpaid,
1973 SUPPLEMENT to the Atwood Catalogue, 40 pages red cardboard cover, updates the
Atwood Catalogue thru May 1973, price $1.50 postpaid.
CAR WASH TOKENS by H.V. Ford & J.M. Coffee, 120 pages cloth-bound, a complete cata-
logue with 10 plates, price only $4.50 to AVA members ($7,50 to others) postpaid.
PERSONAL TOKENS OF VECTURISTS, 1975, a complete listing, cardboard cover, price only
$1.00 postpaid.
American Vecturist Assn. - P.O. Box 1204 - Boston, MA 02104
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APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP
1581 JOHN F. DELOACH - 424 MALAGA AVENUE, NO. I - CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA 33134
Age 31; Service Manager, Collects U.S. (/vtazeou)
1582 M. ALBERT MENDEZ - 143-58 SANFORD AVENUE - FLUSHING, NEW YORK 11355
Age 27; Security. Collects U.S., Canada, Foreign. (Co^^ee)
1583 W. HOWARD HEMRY - BOX 286 - CODY,,, WYOMI NG 82414
Age 67; Retired. Collects U.S. {TcUigon6ki/)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS (* indicates contribution to Address Plate Fund)
* Louis H. Crawford, Jr. - P.O. Drawer E2 - Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762
Aksel J. Hansen - 4100 Parklawn, Apt. 303 - Edina, Minnesota 55435
Rev. Donald Ian Macinnes - 3317 Suffolk Avenue - Richmond, Virginia 23227
* Bud Nelson - 1418 Rebecca Drive - Rockford, Illinois 61107
* Harry K. Nicholls - 2593 West 21st Lane - Yuma, Arizona 35364
Ivan R. Shirrod - 410 Colorado Street, N.E. - Pullman, Washington 99163
* Gene A. Skoglund - Box 224 - Norfolk, Nebraska 68701
* Norman A. Webb - 14790 S.W. 79th Avenue - Portland, Oregon 97223
( Note: Crawford's address not effective until January 1, 19^6 )
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Volurae 29, Nunjber 12 - DECSI'lBERf 1975 - Our 342nd Issue
December 18. We are mailing this issue only two weeks after the November issue
in order (1) to insure getting it under the old postage rate, and (2) because ray as-
sistant will be gone for tv/o v;eeks after Christmas. So it was either mail it on the
21st, or wait until January 11. I had plenty of stuff on hand for a respectable is-
sue, so here it is. I still have two excellent articles from Mr. Bingen for the Jan-
uary issue, and some more interesting material on wooden transportation tokens from
Kenny Smith. We'll try to publish the January issue on the l8th, so make the dead-
line the 10th, for the next issue for all free ads and articles.
This morning I received a delightful phone call from the president of the A.V.A.,
Joel Reznick, Joel v;anted me to be sure to extend his wishes for a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year to the membership. I don't know how many of you know Joel per-
sonally, but he is to ray raind the very personification of the A.V.A.: very friendly,
informal, and always involved in a hundred different things. This morning he told me
he had just purchased a huge collection of— of all things— Sambo's Wooden Nickels.
Speaking of which, you all may not realize that our own Roland C, Atwood is now Number
One in Sambo's. His collection, I understand, is the largest in existence.
I have noticed a big surge of interest in A.V.A. personal tokens since piiblica-
tion of our little catalogue of these tokens. Since my Supplement #1 in last month's
Fare Box I've picked up several more for the next supplement! They are a lot of fun,
and one might say they are tokens of our common friendship v/ith each other. Speaking
of personals, in my Supplement #1 last month I made a mistake, and listed all those
tokens of Duane Feisel under the number 312. Duane's membership number is 305, so
change all those "312 ’s” to 305 's. One problem v/ith our personal token list is that
we forgot to include an index. So it's difficult to find listings for ex-members if
you don't have old membership rosters. One meriber suggested that future listings be
alphabetical. But that'd be worse, because there is no numerical listings of AVA
members anyv/here. So if someone said he had 632-B, you would have no way of knowing
whose number it was. The solution, of course, is to publish an index — an alphabetical
listings of members who have issued these tokens with their numbers next to their
names. If someone will volunteer to send me such a list. I'll publish it in the FB.
You all should have your dues envelopes, mailed with the November issue. Please
send your $6 1976 AVA dues to our treasurer as quickly as possible. Don't send it to
the Editor! Send it right to R.K, Frisbee - 211 King St. - Denver, CO 80219.
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= NEW FINDS =
A number of interesting items this month. Biggest luck was that of Floyd Hart-
ley, who reports that he picked up Mich 945 A for only two dollars! I believe this
is only the 3rd known example of the rare Vassar depotel. Floyd also sent along a
couple of personal tokens had made up two years ago which are uni isted.
Speaking of personals, I learned that former member Clarence Woods had issued a
nice AVA-sea I brass persona! several years ago. He since had dropped out of AVA, but
I wrote and asked for one. His wife wrote back with the sad news that Clarence has
had a stroke and is now a complete invalid. She did send me one of his tokens, and
it will be listed in the next supplement to the personal token catalogue.
Also received is a beautiful personal mirror token from Hector Turgeon, and a
new, and different, mirror token from Lloyd Wagaman. These mirrors are very expen-
sive to make, so members should, of course, expect to pay something in order to get
them. Mr. Turgeon says he is willing to let his go to any interested member for $1
plus a couple of stamps for postage.
I don’t keep up on parking token rarities, but am told the Yale New Haven Hospi-
tal is a fairly rare one. A friend got me one, right from Yale, and was told this was
the last one they had, and that the token is no longer In use.
Joe Pernicano sent a rubbing of a I ittle stranger. It is a WM 17mm token, with
"CITYBUS” on a scroll on obverse, and simply three large letters, separated by blocks,
on the other side. The letters are two H’s and one A. Whatever they mean I don’t
know. The token was found in Pittsburgh, and I’d like to hear from anyone with ideas.
Another stranger was recently acquired by Jack Wilcox (The Mailman), who sent^
a rubbing along with his latest Christmas rolled out personal. This token is aluminum,
23mm across, octagonal, inscribed ’’PHILADELPHIA RAPID TRANSIT CO. 8 CENTS” on ob-
verse, and ’’INDEPENDENCE HALL” with a picture of that structure, on reverse. What
this token is, and what it was used for, is a mystery, and I’d love to be enlightened
by one of our Philadelphia sleuths, incidentally Jack got it from a Junk box for 25t,
A letter from Joseph Canfield adds something to our notes about the New Orleans
& Carrollton RR token acquired by David Schenkman and described on Page 159 last
month. Mr. Canfield says this company is one of the oldest in America, having been
incorporated in 1833. It began operations in 1835, making it the second oldest line
In the United States. This firm operated the St. Charles streetcar line, which is
still running today, being the oldest trolley line in the world, having run contin-
uously for 140 years except for strikes and the Civil War.
Robert Harris of Salt Lake City recently hit the Jackpot. Utah 125 A is not a
rare token, but it has been a scarce one. Well, Robert found the former owner of
the Br Igham T"r 9 ’^sportat ion Company (who now lives In SLC) and ’’purchased two bags of
the tokens.” So this one won’t be scarce any more. Robert has an ad offering these
tokens in this issue.
Mr. Robert Burrowes, Director of Transportation of Culver City, Calif., recently
purchased a copy of our Atwood Catalogue, and In a friendly letter to the Editor he
explained that Culver City no longer uses any tokens. ”We do have a large supply,
some twenty thousand, on hand gathering dust,” he writes. And he concludes: ”1
have been told that at one time the City, many years ago, upon taking one form of tok-
ens out of circulation, carted them to the end of the Venice Pier and dumped them into
the Pacific Ocean. Do you have any skin divers in your group?” He also said that he
was ’’overwhelmed at the magnitude of transportation tokens that have been issued, and
at the work you and your associates must have devoted to compile such a document.”
*****
Lester D. Grady did some interesting figuring with his calculator with respect to the
values of tokens. He concluded that there has been an appreciation in value of 149
tokens in his collection of 506,5% . This is based on a comparison of values in the
1970 Atwood and the prices realized on pages 117-120 of The Fare Box. This means the
"real" value of transportation tokens works out to roughly 5 times catalogue, al-
though his sample included no ISf tokens and no top census tokens. The 15<! tokens
are worth less than 5x catalogue, and the census are worth more titan 5x catalogue.
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= QUINN’S TRANSFER LINE OF DELAVAN, V/ISCONSIN =
By Glen E. WilliaHS
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Editor’s note: in this month^s Catalogue Supplement there is a token listed of
Quinn's Transfer Line of helavoMy liis. Glen IJilliarns also did, some research on the
firm that issued the token^ avxi the folloidng is his storu. In a letter tshich ac-
companied his article^ Glen explain^^ tliat he has knoim about this token for the past
eleven years^ but the ovmer wouldn't part with it until October of this year, Glen
adds that in the past eleven years he has searched for more of the tokens by means of
personal calls in the area^ ayd. newspaper ads^ all to no avail,
Silas V. Barlow operated a livery stable, and Frank Patchen ran a dray line, in
Delavan frora about 1893 until shortly after the year 1300. About then, three partners,
Lorenz Lackey, Alvin Matteson, and Charles J. Quinn, purchased the livery stable and
dray line operated by Barlow and Patchen.
Lackey, Hatteson and Quinn now operated a livery stable, livery sales, boarding
stable, and drayage line. They service local citizens of Delavan, and passengers from
the Milvjaukee Road RR to and from the Park Hotel, the Hotel Delavan, and the Highland
Park Hotel. They also provided service to the Delavan 0T)era House.
In 1904, Lackey Q Quinn bought out Matteson, and the business remained a dual part-
nership until 1903 or 1909. Then Quinn bought out Lackey. By nov/ the business inclu-
ded a blacksmith shop, wagon shop, and had an office next to the Hotel Delavan.
In 1917, Quinn procured the Ford Motor Car agency in Delavan, and used part of
his livery stable building for the sale of Ford cars. He also leased some of the same
building to a Mr. Fisch, who sold REO cars. Quinn continued running the Ford Agency
until 1930, when Ford changed over from the Model A to the Model B, or V-3 Ford. As
he received no cars for a period of 18 months, Mr. Quinn sold the business.
Today the Delavan Hotel is still there, but nov; it is knovm as the Colonial Hotel.
The office of Quinn’s livery operation, which he converted to the Ford Car Agency,
is nov/ the office of the Wisconsin Southern Gas Company. Part of the old livery com-
plex is now a private parking lot. The only part of the old livery stable still in-
tact, with its horse tie rings still there, is now part of the Delavan Fire Dept.
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= WOODEN NICKELS OF LUBBOCK ELECTRIC CO. - FREE RIDE FOR TIRED OR RETIRED GINNERS =
By Kenneth E. Smith
In 1970 I acquired forty of the above wooden nickels, and wrote to Lubbock Elec-
tric seeking information about them. Their reply stated they had none left and sent
no data. So in the Fall of 1970 at a coin show here t showed the token to a Lubbock,
TX, coin dealer named Bob Medlar. He replied December 2, 1970, with the following in-
formation:
Lubbock Electric, it seems, is closely associated with the cotton industry: pump
motors for irrigation, electric equipment and motors for cotton gins, etc. Each year
the Cotton Ginners Assocation holds a convention in Dallas, and everybody associated
with cotton — particularly cotton gins — has a display and sales promotional gimmicks.
The display area is spread over quite a large area of the Texas State Fairgrounds. In
1962, Lubbock Electric, as part of their sales promotion, passed out these wooden nic-
kels to their customers. Meanwhile, Lubbock Electric’s salesmen had a bunch of golf
carts, and if you stopped ones of these golf carts and gave the salesman one of these
wooden tokens, he would give you a ride through the display area, dropping you off
wherever you wished.
So this would appear to be our first golf cart token, and it is quite authentic:
Dallas Texas
LUBBOCK ELECTRIC CO. FREE RIDE FOR TIRED OR RETIRED GINNERS
WAo W 38 Sd (Reverse WB)Coriginai issueHf* 1962)
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= THE FERRY TOKENS OF THE "COVfES FLOATING BRIDGE'
By Kenneth E, Smith
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Thanks to the article by Les Hawthorne we know that in England ferries are often
referred to as "floating bridges." The first Cowes (England) Floating Bridge was es-
tablished in 1820 across the River Medina between East Cowes and West Cowes. ^ The riv-
er was only about 100 yards wide at this crossing, and the first ferry was winched by
hand. This ferry was only large enoxigh to accommodate a single wagon with a pair of
horses. In 1859 a company was formed to operate the ferry by steam-driven chains.
This company began operations in i860 with the ferry being hauled across by these
chains , and this method is still in use today .
The original ferry rights belonged to the Crown, but were leased to a John Rob-
ertson. I-/hen the I859 company took over the lease they paid him £50 per annum in con-
sideration. In 1901 the lease was acquired by a committee representing the councils
of East Cowes and West Cowes. They paid £3,997 for the two floating bridges, the
steam plant, toll houses, etc. The committee in April, 1903, bought 1|,000 tokens for
ferry usage, of which 2,000 were for the West Cowes ferry toll house, and 2,000 for
the East Cowes ferry toll house. All tokens read CO^/ES FERRY incuse, with values on
one side, and blank reverses. The West Cowes toll house acquired the circular tokens
and the longer oblong l^^d tokens for sale for the west-to-east trip, as follows (per
my catalogue numbers); 1,000 of 220 B; 500 each of 220 D and E.
The East Cowes toll house acquired the square tokens and the shorter oblong 14fd
tokens for sale for the east— to-west trips as follows; 1,000 of 220 A; 500 each of
220 C and F.
By 1905 the ferries were short of tokens, as many of the ^sd and Id tokens were
bought but not redeemed, so additional token supplies were ordered. To distinguish
these from the first issue they were ordered reading COWES BRIDGE with values. At
this time the West Cowes toll house acquired 1,000 of the 220 RA and 500 of 220 RD,
and the East Cowes toll house acquired 1,000 of the 220 RC and 500 of the 220 RE.
By 1907 the West Cowes toll house needed more tokens and acquired 1,000 of the
220 RB (with large letters).
By 1909 the West Cowes toll house again needed more tokens and acquired 1,000 of
of the 220 RB (with small letters).
By 1910 it was decided to issue cardboard tickets to supplement the metal tokens.
When the metal tokens were redeemed they were issued to the next purchaser. Other-
wise the cardboard tickets were issued. This policy was continued over the next few
years and by 191 1+ all the metal tokens had disappeared into circulation with none
being further redeemed.
The different values were because during the day the single-person fare was %d
until 9 p.in. From 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. the fare was Id. From 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. the
fare was l%d and from 11 p.m. to midnight the fare was 2d. The ferry was not in op-
eration from midnight to daybreak. There was also a complicated list of tolls for
vehicles and cattle and not tokens were issued specifically for them, but the other
tokens could be used for part payment of their tolls.
These tokens were manufactiired by the same company that made most of the floating
bridge tokens of Gosport, Portsmouth, and Southampton.
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= ALPENROSE FRONTIER DAYS DAIRYVILLE WOODEN NICKELS =
By Kenneth E. Smith
Some time ago I wrote Alpenrose Dairy at 6149 SW Shattuck Rd, to get some of
their ride tokens. I acquired what they claimed were their last two balloon tokens
and last 9 wagon ride tokens, and was also told they were out of pony tokens. The
status of these tokens appears to be; Call from Portland, OregonCI
ALPENROSE FRONTIER DAYS DAIRYVILLE PONY RIDE
WAo W 38 Sd (Reverse WGXboth sides in red) (Atwood 700 J)
ALPENROSE FRONTIER DAYS DAIRYVILLE WAGON RIDE
WBo W 38 Sd (Reverse \0)(both sides in purple) (Atwood 700 K)
ALPENROSE FRONTIER DAYS BALLOON
WCo W 38 Sd (Reverse WD)( both. .sides in orange)
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= 1975 NENA TOUR TOKEN AVAILABLE IN SILVER =
For their 19 75 Boston Convention, held early in Noveinber,
the New England Numismatic Association had struck an attractive
large token for the “historic tour" offered to convention goers.
This token should be reported in this issue of the fare box, A
sufficient quantity of the tokens were struck so that they could
be supplied to the Transportation Token New Issue Service.
A small number (15 pieces) of the token were struck in pure
silver, each piece weighing one troy ounce? the diameter of the
token is approximately that of a silver dollar. The presentation
pieces were sold @$15 to committee members upon advance order.
The Boston NENA Convention committee has agreed to let AVA
members obtain examples of the token in silver. The total number
available to AVA members will be 50 pieces only, or any lesser
n^er ordered by the deadline of January 15, 1976. Each AVA
piece will be serially numbered on the edge whereas the regular
NENA presentation pieces were not numbered. The cost will be
$15,00 each.
Orders should be sent to Duane H. Feisel, P.O. Box 1302,
Los Altos, CA 94022, who will be handling the orders for NENA,
Enclose payment of $15.00 for each piece ordered. Those who
order more than a single piece may have their order decreased if
the total demand is for more than the 50 piece limit. It is
expected that the AVA silver tokens will be sent out to those
ordering in mid-February.
For those not in TTNIS who wish to obtain an example of the
beautiful heavy gauge brass token, it is suggested that you get
in touch with John Nicolosi who may have a few extra pieces. Only
300 pieces total were issued, and 125 of these were for use at
the NENA Convention.
*****
DECEMBER NEW ISSUES SERVICE REPORT
By John G. Nicolosi
This month I m breaking a 20-year rule and am sending out new issues in December.
This is to beat the postage rate increase, and also because I got them into the mail on the
3rd to beat ttie rush. What you will get are Ark 480 U (a bus cab, and parking token all
in one)- -all tokens sent you are brand new but weakly struck; second is Cal 745 X, thanks
to our ex Hawaiian, Henry Krause, for these. Third and fourth. Pa 750 AW and AX the
long awaited SEPTA tokens thanks to Joel Reznick. Joel was also responsible for our
getting the Arkansas tokens.
We also finally received the Kansas City tokens, after sending them the additional
money they demanded. These tokens are sold to people v4io are eligible for food stamps
at 939 each and are good for a 40^ fare. They soaked us 45^ each for them! Rut lucky
to get them at any price.
New Years Greetings for 1976 and I hope it will be a better year in everj' way for
all of you. Meanwhile, to greet the new year, we already have several more tokens on
the burner.
* ?)c * Jle
If you have not done so already please send in your $6 AVA dues for 1976 to the treasurer,
R. K. Frisbee - 211 King Street - Denver, CO 80219.
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= DECEMBER SUPPLEMENT TO ATWOOD’S CATALOGUE =
By Ralph Freiberg
MICHIGAN
Lansing 560 (Reported by Clarence Ziegler)
S o Cc 22 Sd [Same obverse & reverse as 560 A] $7.50
NEW JERSEY
Newark 555 (Reported by Greg Prgomet)
G o S 21 Tr [Sarae obverse & reverse as 555 E] ** 1.00
[50,000 steel tokens were struck in June, 1944.]
OHIO
Toledo 860 (Clipping by Jerry Bates & N.I.S.)
THIS IS DOWNTOV7N TOLEDO OHIO BUILD .IT TOGETHER
R Bz 25 Sd T I D BIT Expires 12-31-75 .15
[This is a combination bus & parking token.]
ZONE CHECKS 997 (Reported by Jack Smith)
CINCINNATI STREET RAILVJAY 1 INBOUND xMILFORD LINE
MARIEMONT LINE THIS ZONE CHECK INDICATES THAT BEARER HAS
PAID FARE TO GOVERNMENT SO. CINCINNATI INCLUDING CITY
TRANSFER PASSENGER W'ILL HOLD THIS CHECK AND HAND IT TO
THE OPERATOR ON LEAVING THE COACH
A o Bz Ob Sd (blank) {57x30mm) [very thin] ? 1.00
WASHINGTON
Spokane 840 (Previously listed as a Pattern)
U o Z 21 Ch [Same obverse & reverse as 840 K & L] **1.00
[25,000 zinc tokens v/ere struck in November, 1942.]
WISCONSIN
Delavan 150 (Reported by Glen Williams)
QUINN’S TRANSFER LINE / GOOD FOR / ONE / RETURN FARE /
DELAVAN, WIS.
A o A 28 Sd (blank) 7.50
= NOTES BY RALPH FREIBERG =
The Toledo TidBit tolzen will be mailed out to Nev/ Issues Service members in Jan-
uary, along with the Kansas City token, which finally showed up. Speaking of the lat-
ter, our listing was not entirely accurate, which is the result of listing a token be-
fore we have seen it. First of all, there are no parentheses on the reverse, and the
arrow on obverse is the Logo of tlie authority. There is a mintmark on the token.
We already had a green Lansing, MI, celluloid listed, and only two of tliem are
known. Now v/e have a carmine one.
I mentioned the steel Newark token and the zinc Spokane token in the past, to see
if any more of them showed up. So far I have heard of no others. So these are rare
census tokens at the moment, but as they are modern tokens and it is possible sacks of
them still exist, we put two asterisks (**) in front of the price to denote that tliis
is only a very tentative price. You won’t buy any of them for a dollar each. These
two tokens were struck before the first Atwood Catalogue came out, and no one thought
to look for them. Had collectors known about these tokens thirty years ago, some of
them might have been obtained. Some night still be obtained, but we doubt it.
We also have a listing for a Cincinnati zone check this month. Again the price
is meaningless, but it*s possible there are more of them around sonei^here.
As of December 15 we haven’t obtained our supply of the Toledo TidBit tokens, but
they agreed to sell them to us. Thiis is one of those merchant tokens for combination
of bus fares and parking rates. The token is good for 15<? towards bus fare. As the
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senior citizen fare is 15^ in Toledo, the token is good for a ride for an older per-
son. For regular adults tlie fare is so one could pay it with two TidBits + 5^^.
Parking in the area is 50^, so one would need four of these to pay for parking. They
give you one token with a $1 purchase, but only two with a $5 purchase. Original
plans were to use the tokens until Deceiaber 31, 1975, and then put a new token into
use, but now they’ve extended the expiration date. VJhen v/e learn what the new expir-
ation date is we shall mention it here.
Speaking of Toledo, all former tokens of Community Traction are now obsolete,
and so should be niarJced obsolete in your Atwood. On June 1, 1971, the company was
taken over by the Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority, publicly owned, men the
system was operated by Community Traction, a number of fare^ changes occurred. With
various fare changes, they v/ent from white metal to bronze, and then back to Wli, and
then back ^ to Bs again, and they followed this pattern through several fare hikes.
They never actually had a bronze token for adults, but copper— plated their WM tokens,
and tl^en they m-plated these tokens for the next fare hike. So we have platings on
top of platings from Toledo. Of course we can’t list all these platings on platings,
but ?5r. Schv 7 artz did have some nice plated on K-plated tokens at the L.A. Conven-
tion. I like to pick these up just to show what has happened, but the Catalogue Com-
mittee agreed that it ivould be hopeless to try to list all of these double, triple,
and quadruple platings.
There was a similar token for Parkersburg, V^Va, which was originally VJM, then
Brass-plated, then WM— plated on top of that. The double plating won’t be listed.
Mr. Schvjartz did have some tokens for Albany, NY, that had been black-oxidized,
and if I can ever get an answer from the company up there that they plated their tok-
ens, this one will be listed. The tokens in question are the NY 10 E F G, which could
have been plated. I have also learned that there may have been a bronze token used
in Albany, which has never been listed, but I can’t get an answer from the company.
If any raember can get information for us about Albany, please let me know.
We also have a nice old rare depotel for Delavan, Wis.
I’ve recently been studying tokens which may have been made by two or more diff-
erent manufacturers, as there appear to have been a number of these. This month I’ll
mention a couple mores first there is Md 60 AM, and second NY 780 G (school token) •
In these cases we have one type where the letter in the center "roams the circle,
i.e. , it may be rotated in any position with respect to the legend; in the other type
the letter in the center is alv^ays in the same position i^ith respect to the legend.
The older token is the one tliat roams the circle; the newer has the fixed letter and
this newer type we call an allocated token*
In checking over the Meyer a Wenthe records I have learned that, in 1927, there
were 8,000 tokens struck for a CITY TRANSPORTATION CO. in Cambridge, Ohio. I’ve never
heard of this token, or seen it, but this may refer to Ohio 165 S. I’ve never seen
any firm pvidence that this company existed in Cincinnati. Tokens showed up in Cin-
cinnati fare boxes, and probably early cataloguers just assumed that was their origin.
So perhaps 165 S should be moved to Cambridge* But so far this is only conjecture.
Perhaps a member can give us more information on the City Transportation Company.
ififitfck
= DELAWARE VALLEY VECTURIST MEETING IN NEW YORK =
The Delaiifare Valley Vecturist Association net November 8, 1975, at the Neiv York
Sheraton Hotel, as guests of the North Eastern Vecturist Association, ivho in turn
were hosted by the Grand Central Coin Convention at their annual show. Five of us
attended: A1 Zaika, Ed Dence, Joe Pernicano, Henry DeGregorio, and Len Paul. We
coHinuted by Penn Central rail. (Who would want to drive a car in New York City down
town traffic?)
VJe I'jere greeted v;arinly by our NEVA prexy, Ralph Hinde, and the rest of our Nev;
York area token collector friends.
The DVVA v/ill neet next on Sunday, January 11, at 1:30 pm, again in Joe Pernic-
ano's office, 1250 Virginia Drive in Fort Washington Industrial Park, Pa., at the
Girard Bank sign, just off the Ft. ’Washington exchange of the Penna. Turnpike and
US Route 309. All persons, AVA members or not, are cordially invited to attend.
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= DECEI-IBER SUPPLEMENT TO THE CATALOGUE OF WORLD TRANSPORTATION TOKENS =
By Kenneth E. Smith
DENMARK (Reported by J, Thingvad)
Copenhagen l60
HOVEDSTADS 0?®AdETS TRAFIKSELSiiAB (IIT in pentagon in center)
J Wi 19 Sd Grundpolet (large G)(ba9i(i fare tolten) $0.30
K B 23 Sd Tillaegspoiet (large ^£) (additional zone fare tob.en) .20
(Kobenhavens Sporveje and local bus companies veve combined to form
Hovedstadens Trafikselskah (RT) (lohiah in English means Capital Trans-
portation Company), This company started operating on April 20 ^ 197 5^
vyith the 260 K token. The supply of 160 J tokens d.id not arrive from
the manufacturer until August, 1975, so the 160 C were used instead
from April 20, Today the 160 C and J are used interchangeably, and
sell at 8 tokens for 12 Danish Krone. The 160 K sell at 12 for 9 K.)
Kolding k 60
KOLDING EYBUSSER (BUILDING)
C B 19 Sd (same as obverse) .30
Viborg 860
VIBORG BYBUSSER (IN SMALL LETTERS) (V IN CENTER)
B B 19 Sd (same as obverse) .30
(This company ran low on 860 A tokens, and as the 860 A were the same size
as the 10 ore coins, they Ivxd to be separated from the fare box collections
by hand. This new slightly different diameter token may be separated from
the fare box collections by sorting machine from the 10 ore and other coins.)
GERMANY
Chemnitz 210 (Reported by Gunter Fritz)
CHEMKITZER STRASSENBAHI^ (STREETCAR)
J o K Oc Sd (Postillion's horn) (20mm)
Gnesen 3^0 (Reported by G. Fritz) (Gnesen is now called Gniezno, in Poland)
DRAGONER REGirffiHT VON ARNIM (2. BRANDENB. ) No. 12
A o A Hx Sd Militar Fahrmarke 5 (22mm)
(TItis regiment was established October 30, 1866, and first garrison was
regiment moved to Frankfort/Oder. In 1890 the regiment was moved to
Gnesen, which vns its headquarters until it was disbanded in 1918. In
the period from 1890 to Ihrld War I, Gnesen was near the German/Russian
border. Herr Fritz did not know in which town the token was used, but
from the style shown on the beautiful rubbing he sent, it indicates a
token used after 1890, therefore it is assumed the token ixis used in
Gnesen. )
Worms 880 (Reported by G. Fritz)
STADTISCHE STRASSENBAHN WORMS (SHIELD)
D o B 19 Sd Stadtische Strassenbahn Worms (streetcar)
2.00
5.00
1.00
Remember, please, when you report new discoveries , in addition
to giving the exact wording, spelling, and punctuation, to send
rubbings or plvotographs . This is essential to insure accurate
listings. Please keep the listings coming.
KSmETH E. SMITH - 328 AVENUE F - • REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA 90277
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= SUPPLEMENT #9 TO FEISEL’S CATALOGUE OF PARKING TOKENS =
by Duane H. Feisel
C^IFORNIA
Pleasanton 3658 (Reported by Charles Nichols)
KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAL CORP,
A B 22 Sd Center For Technology [M&W 10/74 IM] $0,35*
I LLINOIS
Chicago' ' 3150 (Reported by Hank, Hiortb)
NORTHEAST COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (GATE)
CR Bz 25 Sd Parcoa Token (gate) (rev, G) [M&W 8/70 IM;
6/72 IMj 12/72 IM] .25*
Da Kalb 3200 (Reported by Don Punshon)
CITY OF DE KALB 1973
B B 22 Sd Good Only In Parking Meters [M&W 2/74 5M] ^15
CITY OF DE KALB 1974
C B 22 Sd Good Only In Parking Meters [M&W 6/74 lOM] ,15
Park Forest 3673 tReportsd by Frank Elam)
VILLAGE OP PARK FOREST
A B 23 Sd Paid Parking ,35
Park Ridge 3675 (Reported by W, G, Garrison)
PARK RIDGE ILLINOIS PARKING METER TOKEN
A B 22 Sd One Hour Parking [7/1/75- - ] ,15
I^A
Cedar Rapids 3150 (Reported by Milton Heitman)
FLAr4E ROOM CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA
B WM 25 Sd (blank) .35*
NEW YORK
Rochester 3780 (Reported by Robert R, Kelley)
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY / K / KODAK (incuse) /
VISITORS / PARKING
F WM 25 Sd Kodak Park Division / K / Kodak (incuse) /
Rochester / N,Y, ,35*
NORTH CAROLINA
Greensboro 3380 (Reported by George Fuld)
JEFFERSON
A B 23 Sd Parking ,25
PENNSYLVANI A
Ilebanon (Reported by Garrison)
LEBANON COUNTY TRUST CO, VALIDATED FREE
PARKING (black printed letters on a gold
colored surface)
B A 16 Ch (blank) (gold colored surface) [6/70- ] ,15
Philadelphia 3750 (Reported by Bill Carr)
P,C,I, (Penn Center Inn)
T B 22 Sd (blank) [M&W 11/74 IM] ,25
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WASHINGTON . . . .
SremerTon~30 80 (Reported by Robert Knoblock & Bob Ritterband)
GOOD ONLY AT CITY OP BREMERTON GARAGE
B
Pg
29
Sd
Merchant 2 Hours Free Parking Token
(incuse
White letters O&R) (PLATCO 1.25M]
$0.25
C
Pe
29
Sd
(same as B) (PLATCO 1.25M3
.25
D
Pr
29
Sd
(same as B) (PLATCO 1.25M1
.25
E
Pb
29
Sd
(same as B) [PLATCO 1.25M]
.25
Union
3915
(Reported by DHF via M&W)
ALDBRBROOK GOLF & YACHT CLUB
A
B
22
Sd
(same as obverse)
.35*
(O&R: Propeller points .»»»«)
a, (B— H) (between BR— between CH)
b. (B--H) (B— T)
WISCONSIN
Milwaukee 3510 (Reported by Gerald Johnson)
THE ASTOR HOFFMAN EAST /
BB B 22 Sd (same as obverse) #25
[Note* Change catalogue description for WI 3510 C to:
THE ASTOR / HOFFMAN EAST ]
(Reported by Thomas Matola)
BC
B
23
Sd
MILWAUKEE BOLLD (sic) CENTER, INC. PARKING
(same as obverse)
.25
BD
B
22
Sd
(Reported by Knoblock)
MILWAUKEE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL 25<:
(same as obverse)
.25
BE
B
22
Sd
(Reported by A. H. Erickson)
27TH AND WELLS
Parking Token
.25
UNATTRIBUTED
(Reported by a non-member)
(TRIANGLE INSIDE A SQUARE)
3027 B 25 Sd Courtesy Parking
(Notes Token is style of Card Key Sysytem tokens.]
(Reported by Knoblock)
HOLLYWOOD PARKING SYSTEM
3028 B 22 Sd Good All Areas
(Reported by DHF via M&W)
MT, SINAI / MEDICAL CENTER
3029 B 25 Sd (same as obverse)
[Shipped to a parking gate manufacturer. M&W shipped 8/74
1.5M; 11/74 1»5M. Records indicate that the first shipment
had the inscription all on one line, but that may be in
error— listed specimen has been seen.]
(Reported by Jack Smith)
SUMA PARKING CORDON BLEU
3030 B 25 Sd Valable 30 Minutes Seulement
(Reverse translation: Good For 30 Minutes Only]
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IL 3070
IL 3070
MS 3360
OK 3810
PA 3540
PA 3700
WI 3510
WI 3510
Bi should be relisted as IL 3070 A (6/75)
As should be relisted as IN 3110 A (11/74)
Ai add variety description (1/75)
(Ri- I of HATTIESBURG points down to )
a. (left edge of upright of K)
b. (R)
c. (between RK)
As should have been OK 3810 B (9/75)
A Bs should have been listed as PA 3535 A B (9/75)
As should have been listed as PA 3697 A (9/75)
Cs reverse should be listed THE ASTOR / HOFFMAN EAST
AX: note that (vars)~-size of letters, details incomplete
« PARKING TOKEN NOTES BY DUAI^E H. FEISEL =
By some of the' letters I have received and comments I have
heard# I know that many of you are impatient for additional
information on parking tokens# especially new listings. Some of
this criticism has been unkind# and I feel it has been made by
persons who wrote or said something without giving the matter
careful thought. There is a tremendous amount of information in
my hands# and many reports from various collectors, However# if
you understand the responsibilities and duties of a concientious
cataloguer# you know that presenting unverified or incomplete
information is not being responsible.
The magnitude of processing all the information I have has
required a different approach to the cataloguing process 1 use#
and it has taken me a lot of time# thought and work to develop a
new process which should result in a smooth# continued flow of
reliable and useful information and new listings. Please con-
tinue to bear with me— I already speiid a tremendous amount of time
on parking tokens# and there are other matters which also require
my time and attention.
When you study the listings for this month you will see one
new feature— information on the token manufacturer# and date
and quantity shipped. M&W stands for Mayer & Wenthe# and PLATCO
is for Plastic Tag & Trade Check Co, For the majority of the
tokens listed in the parking token catalogue# I now have details
such as this# and they will be incorporated in the third edition
of the catalogue whenever it is done. If you have any comments
about the type of information presented or the way it is given#
please let me know. This is something new in cataloguing# and
there may be a better way of doing it. Incidentally# much of
the same sort of information has been recorded for many of the
listed transportation and car wash tokens.
Now to dig into the listings for this month. The Kaiser
token from Pleasanton# Calif,# is used at a special lot; the
token supply is closely guarded# and this one will be difficult
to obtain .
Some time back I sent off money and an inquiry to the
Northest Community Hospital in Chicago# but they neither replied
or returned my money. But if you want to try# the address iss
6130 Sheridan Rd, # zip 60626, Obviously# from the number of
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orders we know that the tokens get a lot of use. Also# the
shipping dates suggest that at least one other reverse die may
have been used,
A long while ago Don Punshon told me that there were tokens
for De Kalb# but my inquiry went unanswered# and the money I sent
produced no results# not even a return. Then Hank Hiorth was
able to provide the token descriptions to which I have added
production information. The' address# if you want to try# for
the City of De Kalb is 200 South Fourth St,# zip 60115,
The Park Forest tokens are sold in bulk 035 <: to pay for
parking in a lot whore the cash rate is 50<:, The lot is mainly
used by commuters to Chicago taking the Illinois Central Gulf
Railroad, Frank Elam graciously obtained the information# and
bought a supply of the toHens for PTNIS subscribers.
Good friend Bill Garrison reports that the Park Ridge tokens
were given by merchants to customers with a purchase. In turn#
the Chamber of Commerce redeems the tokens from the city# and
resells them to merchants. Bill was able to buy a supply of
the tokens for PTNIS,
The Cedar Rapids token is apparently for patrons of a
restaurant so they can exit from a special parking lot, I did
not try writing# but I was told that the token supply is closely
guarded •
The Eastman Kodak tokens have been difficult to obtain for
collectors# and here is a new one to frustrate your attempts to
build a collection! Here I have introduced a new listing tech-
nique, First of all# the line arrangements are indicated by the
usual slash mark. Then# if part of the inscription is raised
and part incused# the line or lines incuse will be noted by
(incuse) immediately following that line inscription. This is
a simple method which otherwise saves a lot of verbal description,
I know nothing at all about the Greensboro# N,C,# token#
and am uncertain of the attribution, George Fuld sent me the
token in a holder which carried the town attribution# but I do
not think George checked it out. This is something that one of
you might try to do!
The new Lebanon token is spit out by the parking meters in
tbe bank's parking lot, I guess the token can then be redeemed
for 25<:# but I am not sure of that. A supply of the tokens was
purchased by Bill Garrison for PTNIS— thanks for all your help#
Bill!
The new Penn Center Inn token provides a degree of anonimity
for the motel located near city center in Philadelphia, I did
not try to obtain this one by writing.
The Bremerton tokens were ordered up by C, W, Gallagher
shortly before his demise at the beginning of 1975, The order
was placed through Bob Ritterband who supplied information ' on
the quantity made.
Someone told me that there was a token for Union# Washing-
ton# in use at the Alderbrook Golf & Yacht Club# but my inquiries
there produced absolutely no response. Also# other collectors
tried# but apparently they also struck out. Now I am able to
provide the listing on the basis of tokens obtained at M&W.
This one will obviously be rough to obtain.
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The Astor in Milwaukee obviously uses a lot of tokens, and
the new listing is another one in the series.
An interesting die cutters error was made on the Milwaukee
Blood Center listing for this month. The die cutter actually
did it twice— ‘once for each sidel It makes me wonder if the
original order might have had a typographical error, Mr, Matola
informs me that to get a token, you have to give a pint of blood
for which you are given a token to exit from the parking lot.
The token supply is very, very limited, and it will be difficult
to obtain. As Mr, Matola writes, "A lot of people would give an
arm and a leg for a token, but I wonder how many have to give
their life blood?” Incidentally, Mr, Matola writes that he has
now made 49 blood contributions!
The Milwaulcee Childrens Hospital is another place where
tokens receive considerable use. The new listing is yet another
in their series.
The 27th and Wells tokens are a mystery to me as to how
they are used, Can anyone help with specific information?
The first unattributed token is probably from somewhere in
Southern California since it is the usual style of the Card Key
System tokens.
In addition to the notes included with the listing of , the
Mount Sinai Hospital (rather Medical Center) token, I would
comment that I did write to the Hospital in Milwaukee, but no
reply was received, I have a strong feeling that that is the
correct location, however,
The Suna Parking token may very well be from Belgium or
France, I am uncertain as to the material from which the token
is made as ^ the person reporting it failed to include that bit of
important information. The same comment applies to the Holly-
wood Parking System token.
Finally, the numerous additions and corrections (mainly
corrections) have resulted from trying to move too fast with new
listings! My old cataloguing system let me down! Other of the
corrections were the result of erroneous information from those
reporting the pieces originally, I find that it pays to check
things as completely as possible.
From the new listings this month, several of the tokens will
be sent out to PTNIS subscribers. It has been a long while since
the last shipment, and I have quite a number of different tokens
accviraulated. These will go out in one grand shipment in early
January, I am setting aside time during the week between Christ-
mas and New Year’s Day to work up the shipments. PTNIS mailings
require from two to three days of preparation, and I have just
not been able to find that amount of time to do the job, I have
to hand it to John Nicolosi who is most reliable with the TTNIS
mailings — -it is a difficult job that you cannot really appreciate
unless you try it yourself!
Hopefully we will be having more parking token listings on
a more regular basis now. Don’t expect them all at once, however!
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= STREETCAR TOKENS OF OSNABRUCK, GERI4ANy =
By Kenneth. E. Smith
I am going to take a chance and list the following tokens on the assumption that
they are correctly described in the source I am using, from pages 39 and Uo of the
article "The Strassenbahn Tokens of Osnabriick, Germany" in the March 197^ Fare Box,
I have in my own collection a complete set of Osnabriick 7^0 A thru L tokens, in-
cluding both varieties of 760 G. This list was also supplied to Herr Punck for his
booklets. VThat is interesting is that on some of my zinc tokens one can see small
pieces of what was once brass coating, and the envelopes in which I obtained the zinc
tokens were marked "issued during World War I" except that of 760 D. This does con-
flict with scane of the dates supplied by I-Ir. Thormann. The new additional catalogue
listings are:
OSITAPRUCK 760
EIGENTUII D. STRASSENBAHN OSNABRUCK UMSTEIGEJIARKE (CITY ARMS) ( 19mm)
M 0
3
Sq
Sd
Giiltig Nur Bei Directem Umsteigen
(Var. a - reverse has large letters)
(Var. b - reverse has small letters)
1.00
N 0
K
Sq
Sd
(same inscriptions as 76O M)
1.00
0 0
A
Sq
Sd
ff
STRASSENBAHN DEH STABT OSNABRUCK
1.00
P 0
R
Ov
Sd
Fahr-Ma.rke (24x19mm)
(GAS IffiTER-LIKE TOKEN WITH 3 CIRCULAR RIDGES WITHOUT LETTERING)
1,00
AAo
B
21
Sd
(no lettering)
.25
ABo
B
21
Tr-
sc
.25
I acquired some years ago a 760 AA in an envelope marked "Osnabriick streetcar to-
ken for city gas works employees on business," I decided to hold up on that listing
until it was confirmed, as it now has been by Mr, Thormann.
Combining fhr. Thormann' s notes and my oim, I come to a different set of conclu-
sions, as follows; (l) On February 20, I906, they placed in use the following brass
tokens (a) octagon 760 L, (b) a variety of the square 760 M, and the (c) oval 760 A.
(2) Some time between 1906 and 1912 they ordered more square tokens and received 760 N
(3) On April 1, 1912, they introduced a fare token to be sold to the public and order-
ed a large quantity of brass tokens 760 G(a) and the other variety of 760 M, Mr. Thor
mann would have us believe that at this time they reordered the square and octagon tok
ens and that they were delivered in both nickel-coated and brass-coated zinc, which
said information does not agree with other data. (4) Some time between 1912 and 191^
the supply of public fare tokens 760 G(a) tos insufficient and they probably ordered
first 760 G(b) in quantity and later 76O P in quantity. (5) Late in 191^ because of
a minor coin shortage due to Vforld War I they ordered more tokens. At this time there
was a shortage of brass because it was being used for shell cases at the war front, so
my notes indicated that they were sent brass-coated zinc tokens. (6) In 1916 they
apparently ordered more tokens and apparently the uncoated zinc tokens came into use.
(7 ) My notes indicate that they ordered more tokens in 1919 and they probably came
through as nickel-coated zinc tokens, I have never seen any of these nickel-plated
zinc tokens, so I have certain reservations about these items. (8) In 1922 they got
some locally made 760 AA and AB tokens. (9) In 1924 they got the aluminiun tokens 76O
C and 0. (10) 760 D was probably locally made and the date of 11 April 1922 is prob-
ably correct.
Apparently there still exists a need for more research into the Osnabruck street-
car usage records to clear up the discrepancies between Itr. Thormann' s data and other
information.
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tn 6eaAch 0 ^ tnioAifrwition w/tic/i Acqu^C6 an amweA lUlZ ^tnd the amweA coined mich moAc
pAompttrj tkc'j cncio-ie a itoi'^ipcd addACi^cd enveZope (SAE).
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START THS BICENTENNIAL WITH A BANG. Some less coriimon TT's for sale at
Add SQi? towards postage fi insurance on all orders under $50.00.
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fixed prices.
(paid)
CA
435
B
$2.50
OH
165
Z
$1.50
OH
175
AA
1.25
TN
690 1
1.50
N. Scotia 200 A
CT
235
B
5.50
175
Z
3.50
PA
10
B
1.00
TX
710 B
8.50
$17.50
FL
380
C
5.50
MA
115
AC
5,00
15
F
2.50
VA
20 0
1.00
Unpunched solid
D
2.50
AD
5. 00
25
D
1.25
660 G
3.50
errors at $3.50 ea:
HI
240
E
3.00
HO
140
A
12.50
320
A
5.50
DC
500 7vl
1.50
CA 450 E, 575 0, 985
IL
785
A
1.50
NY
10
H
2.50 j
340
E
1.00
AJ
1.50
C D; IL 150 Z; IN
ICOO
A
1.50
J
1.00
495
J
3.50
PR
640 3
1.00
860 K; NH 720 A; NY
IN
90
A
2.50
25
A
3.50
525
H
1.00
C
1.00
440 A 630 AH AO; NC
lA
300
D
3.50
230
D
1.00
605
H
1.00
Amu sent
660 B; OR 700 G; WA
730
D
1.75
628
C
3.50
RI
520
H
1.00
100 A
.50
780 Q; MO 440 N;
930
C
7.50
629
L
3.50
J
2.50
Timetable
NC 160 A for $5.50.
KS
820
H
2.50
630
U
3.00
SD
680
A
1.25
G
7.50
Sfg samples at $1.50
KY
4P0
S
2.00
945
A
5.50
B
2.50
Due
360 B
2.50
ea: 5 G L N, 8 A,
11 A, 13 F G, 17 B C
A SASE
will bring you my complete
fixed price lis
t of
TTs &
PTs.
22 A.
P AITL TARGONSKY 23 H7.RRISON STREET - MERIDEN, CT 06450
WANTED: Brazil 500 A (Niteroi trolleybus token). Have CA 450 B H I J, 575 L, 715 X,
745 P, 760 F H, 835 A G for trade; dupe list of others available. WANT OK 860 A-K,
M-0 as a set or 1 at a time. 24-page booklet, 8^x11 on Russian Transit, 37 5x7 photos
mostly trolleybus & streetcar, at $2 ppd. Sample (incomplete) issue of TROLLEY COACH
NEWS, $1; latest issue, TCN, 56 pages, $3.50.
H.R . Porter - 1042 Bards town Road Louisville, KY 40204
FOR SALE; TWa 640 A 504; Ohio 450 E F G H 254 ea; Mo 370 E F G H I J K L 254 ea;
Minn 730 B $3, C $4, D $2, or $8.50 set. Minn 790 A $6.00.
G ordon Wold - Route 1, Box 189 - Princeton, MN 55371
FOR TRADE: Utah 125 A. If you need this token send one TT +SAE. The states I am
quite low on are: Ida., Me,, Vt., Mont., N.M. among others.
Robert Harris ‘ 14 6 Kelsey Avs. - Salt Lake City, UT 84111
BEST BID takes package Rhode Island trolley paper: 3 United Electric Railways trans-
fers; 3 UER v/eekly passes (1941) and tickets; Sea View Railroad complimentary; Rhode
Island Co. Danielson Division; and R.I. Co. Pawtucket Lines (1912).
H arold H. Young - 101 Stu ar t Pl ac e, Ednam Forest - Charlottesville, VA 22901
TRADE 5 TT/PT my choice for Personal Tokens 116 F G, 305 P to P, 412 G H I, 461 B,
953 B, 1111 D. Nov. & Oct. trades still good.
Joe Studebaker - 2614 Legare St. - Beaufort, SC 29902
PA. CELLULOIDS FOR SALE; Pa 495 G for $3; 495 K for $6. The set for $8.00,
Ber.nard Yagodich ^ 82 K Street - Johnstown, PA 15906
FOR SALE (check my ad last month's Fare Box as 95% of them still available) Mo 440 W
for 60v. TRADE for similar items such as 997's, 998's, lOOO's & fantasies: Cal 993
F; Mass 998 K; NJ 998 E; only 15 of each struck. Also these fantasies available in
trade; Pa #1, #2 (page 642 in Cat.) Also fantasy #1 £ #2 in "Coffee Red Supplement
1973" page 30; and AMRT Group 101 J and 2 vars. of 101 K, find these in 12/74 F.B.
Jehn G. Nicolosi - 3002 Galindo Street - Oakland, CA 94601
FOR SALE: 50 TT's all diff. for S6.50 prepaid s insured. Need MI common TT's.
P aul Thompson - 1805 Lyons Av o . - Lansing, MI 48910
WOODEN NICInELS FOR SALE; (no trades) "Good Foi' a 104 Cup of Coffee at Sambo's /
Any;;here / Wichita Palls, Texas" Rev: "IJliat This Country Needs is a Good 104 Cup of
Coffee / Sambo's Has it." 504 each postpaid.
And rew Morgan - P.O. Box 1268 - Wichita Falls, TX 76307
TRADE: ILL 3150 B for an equal cat. value U.S. TT that I need. One trade. No
li sts please. = Philip Mandel - 131 S. Harvey Ave. Oak Park, IL 60302
BEST CASH OFFER + P & I: NC 950 A and OH 165 N.
Littl efield - 4841 Hannover - St. Louis, MO 63123
TT's 'for SALE AT 2^4” EACH + POSTAGE; DC 500 C S T V; PR 640 A. Also the following
PT's for sale at 454 + postage; CA 3090 A, 3835 B, 3845 A. For a great 1976: 'Keep
your heart clean - Keep ycur mind free from worry - Keep your body in condition and
keep out of other people's affairs!' Happy New Year!
Clau de G. Thompson 3757 Kipling Ave. So. Minneapolis, MN 55416
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I RECENTLY ACQUIRED 6 [Municipal Parking Lot / Dov'ntown Anderson (s'.C. ) Merchants
25'? Redeemable} tokens used 15-20 years ago. Mil trade for S.C. tokens I need. Also
will trade KC 980 C for SC 490 C and SC 450 E for SC 500 C.
Randy Chaitibers - Boat 1026 - Gaffney, SC 29340
PARKING TOKENS, 40 dif f . , only $6.80 prepaid^ Free lists. Include SASE for ny' per-
sonal token. =g Bill Williqes - Box 445 - t»?heatland, CA 95692
FOR SALE: Trade Tokens from Michigan, N.D.: Michigan Mercantile Co. "The Big
Store." Full sets in aluminum: $1 - 50*? - 25<? - 10<? - 5<? - I*?. $3 per set. Last
remaining lot known. = Elmer Sabol - Route 3, Box 18A - Warren, MN 56762
I'LL SEND YOU a different transp. token for each diff. date Swedish, Danish, Norwe-
gian, Irish, English or Russian coin you send me.
Bud Nelson - 1418 Rebecca Drive ;; Rockford, IL 61107
CATALOGUE OF UOFLD TRANSPORTATION TOKENS a PASSES except North Aaerxca, 1st edition
1967, 300 pages cloth-bound or loose-leaf. Price only $5.00 postpaid, directly fran:
Kenneth E. Smith - 328 Avenue F - Redondo Beach, CA 90277
FEISEL'S CATALOGUE OF PARKING TOKENS OF THE NORLD , 2nd edition, 264 pages, available
cloth-bound or loose-leaf. Price $8 postpaid to members. ($10 to others)
Duane H. Feisel - P.O. Box 1302 p Los Altos, CA 94022
AH^OOD'S CATALOGUE OF U.S. & CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION TOKENS, 3rd edition 1970> 731
pages. Available buckram-bound or loose-leaf. Price only $8 to meiidjers ($12 to
others) postpaid.
1973 SUPPLEF-JENT to the Atvraod Catalogue, 40 pages, red cardboard cover, updates the
Atwood Catalogue thru May 1973. Price $1.50 postpaid. I have 24 copies left.
CAR WASH TOKENS (1974) by H.V. Ford fk J.M. Coffee, 120 pages cloth-bovmd. Price to
members only $4.50 ($7.50 to others) postpaid.
PERSONAL TOKENS OF VECTURISTS, 1975, a complete listing, cardboard cover, price to
members only $1.00 postpaid.
American Vecturist Assn. ;;;; P.O. Box 1204 ;;;; Boston, MA 02104
APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSH I P
1584 J. WILLIAM DAVIS - 23 AUGUSTA COURT - GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA 29605
Age 54; C.P.A. Collects all types. iCo^^Zd)
1585 MICHAEL JOSEPH JONES - BOX 81342 - SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92138
Age 27; Transit Museum. Collects U.S. [Co{)l^zz]
1586 FRANK J. HOERZER - 409 WORMWOOD HILL ROAD - MANSFIELD CENTER, CT 06250
Age 33; Patternmaker, Collects U.S. & Foreign. [Tabo/i]
1587 PAUL F. WHITE - BOX 185 - FAYVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS 01745
Age 36; Lab Technician. Collects U.S. [E, Goldbzn.g]
1588 FERNE A. MEEKS - 56 BROOK AVENUE - NORTH PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY 07060
Age 45; Retail Buyer. Collects U.S. & Parking. {SzhubeAt)
1589 FLOYD HOLLIDAY - 9924 DEL RIO WAY - CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA 90630
Age 30; Teacher. Collects U.S, [Co{^^Zq]
1590 LEO J. WARREN - 25303 IMA RUTH PARKV/AY - SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78257
Age 61. Collects U.S, 4 Parking. IfAA^bzz]
1591 DAVID W. BILES - 2054 SOJTH DELAWARE STREET - ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 18103
Age 36; Truck Assembler, Collects U.S. & Canada. {PzteTUi)
1592 TERENCE W. CASSIDY - 6436 McGEE - KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64113
Age 41; Librarian. Collects U.S. [Co(\^ZZ]
CHANGE OF ADDRESS (* indicates Contribution to Address Plate Fund)
* Ray D. Appelgate - STjII S.XJ. 33th Court - Davie, Florida 33314
Fredrlc G, Mantei - P.O, Box 720 - Garden City, New York 11530
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INDEX TO VOLUME 29 =
1975
Alpenrose Wooden Nickels 176
Arlinqton Hgts. Park District Token. ...45
Arnold, Bennett, obituary..... 109
Atkins Auction List #3 .....29
Atkins Collection Sale Report .....69
AVA Auction, Prices Realized .116
Atwood Catalogue, Price increased 31
AVA Convention Auction List .63
AVA Convention Auction List if2 91
AVA Convention, Minutes 113
AVA Treasurer’s Report 160
Byrne, Ray, Record Price 112
Car Wash Token Supplerrent #1 ...9
Car Wash Token Supplement #2 147
Casa Bonita Bus Company of Chicago 20
Census of Rare Tokens for 1975 74
Columbia Celluloid Token reported 168
Convention Thoughts, by Kelley 121
Cowes Floating Bridge ferry tokens. ... I 76
Cutler, Edward M., obituary ..133
Die Varieties List Ava i lab I e. 1 59
Evergreen Park, I L, parking token 122
Gallagher, G.W., obituary i
Garrison Finds Hoard of 1^ 700 A M2
German Token Pamphlet issued 53
Gillett, Wl, merry-go-round token 34
Gould, Maurice, ob i tuary. ............. 1 53
Greene, Frank C., obituary.,,.. 43
Index to New Issues since 1970 141
Jamestown Street Ry. (photos) 46
League Island Ferry of Phi la 33
Lincoln Train Tokens 32
Los Angeles AVA Convention plans 35
Lubbock Electric Co. wood nickels 175
McKee, R.B., obituary 15
Mel bourne-Brighton Bus Lines token.,.. I 36
Merrill Elec, Ry. & Ltg. Co 89
Meyer & Wenthe Records obtained 57
Meyer & Wenthe Records searched 59
NENA Tour Token in silver 177
New Bedford System taken over !9
Osnabriick, Germany, Streetcar tokens.. 186
Pa 263 A varieties pictured ...95
Pa 750 AE, The Day it was Used 135
Park Forest Parking Token 158
Personal Tokens of Vecturtsts dist. ..101
Personal Tokens, Supplement #\ 163
Petersburg, VA, transit history 103
Philadelphia Bicentennial Tokens Ill
Philadelphia Streetcars Burned 165
Prices Realized, AVA Auction 116
Prices Realized, 2nd Atkins Auction, ... 16
Prices Realized, 3rd Atkins Auct ion. . . .49
Problems in Cataloguing 17
Quinn’s Transfer of Delavan, Wl.. 175
Rare Tokens (photographs) 21,22
Record Prices For Fare Tokens 102
Republican Valley Bus Lines timetable. .33
Sacramento Streetcar Days 45
SEPTA tokens, listing renumbered 167
Sherman, Norman, col lection sold 33
Shamrock Taxi Service wood tokens 157
S i I ver NYC tokens sold 134
Steel Token Rejuvenation... 34
Steel Token Restoration, more on 44
Swedish Catalogue published 161
Thirty-two Years of Collecting 36
Tornio, Finland, ferry token 72
Trackless Trolleys Ill
T r i bute Fund 121
Unlisted Mexican Transp. Tokens 19
Utah Cuts Fares 25
Vienna Elevator Tokens. 160
Wagaman Finds Ind ianapol i s Ce I I ul old. . .73
Wartime Emergency f^letal Tokens, 44
Whitsett Token of Van Nuys, CA ..158
Winston-Salem Token Theft,,,,,,., 18
Wooden Nickel Transportation Tokens... 155
Wood Personal Tokens to be listed 23
VJyatt, George H,, obituary 153
Zaika, Al, has accident 121
Zinc Token Rejuvenation 20
BY MONTHLY ISSUES, as follows
January 1-14
February. ..... I 5-30
March. ....... .31 -42
Apri I 43-56
May 57-70
J une 71 -86
July 87-100
August 101-108
September, ... 1 09- 1 32
October 133-152
November 153-172
December 173-188
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